21996lf Quotes & Sayings

There has never been a humane communist regime. Marxism is inherently totalitarian. It recognizes no moral limits on the state. It's the most convenient ideology for aspiring tyrants; it also retains its appeal for intellectuals, who have proved equally skillful at rationalizing abuses of power and at exculpating themselves. — Joseph Sobran

By rights, I should be an out-of-work actress because I just don't want it as badly as some people want it. — Evangeline Lilly

If you strike me, Hareton will strike you! So you may as well sit down. — Emily Bronte

I think British journalists do well in America because the newspaper culture there is so strong - telling stories and presenting them readably is in their DNA. British newspapers get a terrible rap, but they are brilliant in their presentation, most of them, so full of vitality and literary wit. — Tina Brown

I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice. — Robert De Niro

As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life. — Rachel Carson

Billions of people, including many scientists, continue to use religious scripture as a source of authority, but these texts are no longer a source of creativity. — Yuval Noah Harari

It has been a period where people have been far nicer to one another in every possible way. I'm not saying it's because we're dropping our empathy that we're nicer to each other, just that the drop doesn't seem to be causing any harm. — Paul Bloom

Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to the cause. — Martin Luther

My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's books today." Then I sit down and write a children's book, and if it takes more than, realistically, three hours, I feel like I've done something wrong. — Michael Ian Black