225 Area Quotes & Sayings

The trick to loneliness is to spend a lot of time inside one's head. — Pat R

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards. — Stella Young

Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

My mother grieved appropriately for a woman who had lost her husband of almost thirty years so tragically, and then, after six months, she blossomed. — Jane Green

There is no "true Islam," just different interpretations. — Shirin Ebadi

The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. — Saxby Chambliss

I doubt if the texture of Southern life is any more grotesque than that of the rest of the nation, but it does seem evident that the Southern writer is particularly adept at recognizing the grotesque; and to recognize the grotesque, you have to have some notion of what is not grotesque and why. — Flannery O'Connor

Dumbledore was on his feet again, pale as any of the surrounding Inferi, but taller than any too, the fire dancing in his eyes; his wand was raised like a torch and from its tip emanated the flames, like a vast lasso, encircling them all with warmth. — J.K. Rowling

Studies of decision-making in the monkey, where activity of single neurons in parietal cortex is recorded, you can see a lot about the time-accuracy trade-off in the monkey's decision, and you can see from the neuron's activity at what point in his accumulation of evidence he makes his decision to make a particular movement. — Patricia Churchland

With increasing skill, the ads glorify her "role" as an American housewife-knowing that her very lack of identity in that role will make her fall for whatever they are selling. — Betty Friedan

Business is an establishment that gives you the legal, even though unethical, right to screw the naive-right, left, and in the middle. — W.C. Fields

As a designer you have to just do whatever you want to do. The second I came to terms with that, it transformed my work. — Jason Wu

I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now. — Richard Marx

Stories that are good is deserving for a higher ranking — William Shakespeare

I'd like ta kiss ya, but I just washed my hair. — Bette Davis