4933 Quotes & Sayings

Recent history takes a while to set. People really don't know what just happened. They only figure it out later. — Sheri S. Tepper

When I went to Afghanistan in 2003, I walked into a war zone. Entire neighborhoods had been demolished. There were an overwhelming number of widows and orphans and people who had been physically and emotionally damaged; every 10-year-old kid on the street knew how to dismantle a Kalashnikov in under a minute. I would flip through math textbooks intended for third grade, fourth grade, and they would include word problems such as, "If you have 100 grenades and 20 mujahideen, how many grenades per mujahideen do you get?" War has infiltrated every facet of life. — Khaled Hosseini

You could say I'm a mod, but with a small 'm'; I don't wear a parka, but I do question what I wear and what I listen to, which is what it's all about. — Martin Freeman

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them. — Tom Sizemore

It was a dangerous profession I had chosen ... because no one likes a funny kid. In fact, adults are scared silly of them and tend to warn children who act out that they are going to wind up in prison or worse. It is only when you grow up that they pay you vast sums of money to make them laugh. — Art Buchwald

I'd been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I don't know if this activity made sense, but the work was available. — Jenny Holzer

There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly. — Jonathan Ames

A proper bond between two people is severely damaged if the process is rushed. — James C. Dobson

It has been proven that the universe is computationally equivalent to my ego. — Stephen Wolfram

Maybe Holgy's right. Maybe we are all holograms. — Anna Perera

I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find myself anew and rely only on myself, because I could rely on no one else. My form is my solitude. — Witold Gombrowicz

We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure. — Shane Leslie