699 Area Quotes & Sayings

The novelist in me is probably hiding behind all the stories I write, looking for ways to connect them and continue the conversation with readers. Maybe I'm writing one long narrative, and each book, however different from the last, is just a chapter. — Joanna Scott

It's not worth it. We're going all the way to Halloween. You can get him then. — Marcus Giles

Detroit is drunken idiots. It was no surprise to me. I performed with Kenny Rogers for one year as his opening act, and I got to visit every major American city and notice the audience, and Detroit was one of the worst. — Gallagher

My dad used to tell me that laughter was like a cough or a sneeze - the body's way of trying to expel something. But instead of some phlegm in your throat, or some dust up your nose, a laugh happened when something really true got into your brain. Something so true that your system just couldn't stand it. — J. Ross Clara

We must never forget that people buy into the leader before they buy into a mission statement. — James Hunter

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment. — Samuel Johnson

Money will not purchase character or good government. — Calvin Coolidge

Is it possible that
we 'hate' politics because we have forgotten its specifi c and limited
nature, its overwhelming value, and also its innate fragility? Could it be
that our expectations are so high that politics appears almost destined
to disappoint? Democratic politics cannot make 'every sad heart glad',
as Crick argued, nor did it ever promise to do so. But not always
getting what you want, an awareness that public governance is often
slow and bureaucratic, a frustration that some decisions are hard to
understand or have to be made in secret, disbelief and anger at the selfinterested
behaviour of a small number of politicians, and an acceptance
that some people will always take out more from the system than
they put in - these are the prices you pay for living in a democracy. — Matthew Flinders

No I don't ever give up. I would have to be dead or completely incapacitated — Elon Musk

We are all fighters. It is basic human nature. We strive to get somewhere in life or we fight for survival. — Sarah Castille