Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Android is the kind of runaway smash hit that techies spend their careers dreaming about.
It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.
It was hard for me to find my voice because I was, for so long, absorbed in my own world.
There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.
I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.
It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.
We all have some ideological quotient in ourselves. And I think it does guide who we are.
Sometimes when I travel, I like to close my eyes and imagine visiting during another era.
Someday I’d like to see something rise up out of the earth –just for the sake of variety.
Another dynamic of this last year was our increased penetration into the Japanese market.
My salvation lies in time spent alone with an X-Acto knife and commercial-grade adhesive.
For a genius to be a genius, he must have a selfless slave between himself and the world.
Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them.
Habits are like comfortable beds. They are easy to get into, but difficult to get out of.
Then they both smiled the exact same smile. Narcissism times two. Oh, get a room already.
Get used to it. Life doesn't give, it takes. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.
The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give.
When we ask God to transform those who oppose us, we are also asking God to transform us.
Maybe when we die, the first thing we'll say is 'I know this feeling. I was here before'.
World is supposed to mean something that's self-contained. but nothing is self-contained.
Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20)
He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful.
It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain.
[Reviewing a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin] The dogs were poorly supported by the cast.
Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.
If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.
I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there.
Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy
Lord, teach us to take our hearts and look them in the face, however difficult it may be.
A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
But what are you going to do about the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains?
We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us.
The poorest education that teaches self-control is better than the best that neglects it.
Global warming is the most prominent form of mass hysteria raging across the world today.
Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.
I think all cats are wild. They only act tame if there´s a saucer of milk in it for them.
I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.
Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
Nothing is sacred. And, more importantly...the 'nothing' you end up with is truly sacred.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
If you don't like me, remember it's mind over matter. I don't mind, and you don't matter.
Two there shall be; no more, no less. One to embody the dark side, the other to crave it.
Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
The vision of milk and honey, it comes and goes. But the odor of cooking goes on forever.
Although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one.
What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?
I have discovered that the world over, unusual weather prevails at all times of the year.
Playing without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious, but who understands the non-existent.