22369 Quotes & Sayings

The uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality. — Victoria Woodhull

You don't ask a writer what typewriter he uses. — Man Ray

I felt Leo's hand on my face, cool and smooth and utterly inhuman. He stroked back my hair, and his voice was curiously gentle when he said, "I would have been most . . . discommoded had you died."
"Yeah. That's why I stay alive," I said, my native snark coming back online, as if I had rebooted that file, "to keep you from being 'discommoded'." I'd have to look that one up. — Faith Hunter

We're going to live longer than our parents' generation, and there comes a point when you ask yourself, 'What am I going do?' You can only play so much golf. — Jane Pauley

The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life. — Ansel Adams

What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive. — J. August Richards

Poetry has been the guardian angel of humanity in all ages. — Alphonse De Lamartine

There's nothing better for a comedian than adversity. — Jeff Dunham

In constructing the Coast Guard, Hamilton insisted on rigorous professionalism and irreproachable conduct. He knew that if revenue-cutter captains searched vessels in an overbearing fashion, this high-handed behavior might sap public support, so he urged firmness tempered with restraint. He reminded skippers to "always keep in mind that their countrymen are free men and as such are impatient of everything that bears the least mark of a domineering spirit. [You] will therefore refrain . . . from whatever has the semblance of haughtiness, rudeness, or insult." 34 So masterly was Hamilton's directive about boarding foreign vessels that it was still being applied during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Hamilton — Ron Chernow

The very people you trusted most could become like strangers in their longing ... — Lynne Reid Banks

It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill. — Gail Carriger

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose. — Seth Grahame-Smith

I'm more comfortable weaving Indian flavors into American classics. — Aarti Sequeira