Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?
The iPhone was such a phenomenon that even the humble journalists chosen for an early look were thrust into a spotlight.
Lord, if there is a heartache Vienna cannot cure I hope never to feel it. I came home cured of everything except Vienna.
Language is one of the thin walls humanity has built up over centuries against its own bestial and destructive impulses.
Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.
Judged by the dollars spent, gambling is now more popular in America than baseball, the movies, and Disneyland-combined.
The Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes wrote that beauty is fundamental. Well, with the poet's permission, so is courage.
Now everyone leaking and tweeting and posting on everyone else is the acknowledged way to get ahead in the 21st century.
There are a multitude of mothers in the world who have a daughter who is stolen, or who are stolen daughters themselves.
An artist can respect the backfield of fact before which every human being stands and choose not to address those facts.
I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views.
There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.
The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.
We are the friends of reform; but that is not reform, which, in curing one evil, threatens to inflict a thousand others.
An excellent precept for writers: Have a clear idea of all the phrases and expressions you need, and you will find them.
When you live alone, your furnishings, your possessions, are always confronting you with the thinness of your existence.
It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
I suppose that, after the passion of love, water rights have caused more trouble than anything else to the human species.
MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.
Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World.
MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.
EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.
Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure
SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.
Anderson [Cooper], I guess the question I have is why can't CNN cover Obamacare, and ISIS, and radical Islamic terrorism?
History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.
If I could only follow one person on Twitter, it would be Heidi Moore. She's a financial journalist at NPR's Marketplace.
Rule of thumb: The more trimmings an insurance plan has and the harder someone is pitching it, the faster you should run.
People who gentrify are usually new transplants to a city, changing it to suit their particular cultural needs and whims.
If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.
Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago.
I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.
I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.
The Patriot Act unleashed the FBI to search your email, travel and credit records without even a suspicion of wrongdoing.
The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government.
Whether they're glad or mortified to have said whatever, Paul Fein wasn't going to let such good quotes get away from us.
The first thing I bought when I was 14 and started working was a crystal bear. I thought it was so glamorous and sparkly.
It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.
There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book.
It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way.
There’s nothing like music to teach you that eventually if you work hard enough, it does get better. You see the results.
The experience of being a young, blonde, naive but well-intentioned young producer was both intimidating and eye-opening.
The earth is too small a star and we too brief a visitor upon it for anything to matter more than the struggle for peace.
I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. Thats the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.
I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
We may see Michael Jackson's baby before we know the final outcome of this race for the House of Representatives tonight.
Faith helps many people make sense of the world around them. Faith gives them a spiritual connection to something larger.
Things felt pretty crazy on earth in 1969, but the cosmos was friendly. Astronauts had round-trip tickets; they got home.
Critics of Fox News have pointed out that Fox News does partisan propaganda, and there's ample evidence on a daily basis.