Aberton Quotes & Sayings

Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer. — Robert Gottlieb

I had a very curly perm in the '80s, thanks to the 'Way You Make Me Feel' Michael Jackson video. I liked the girl in it. — Penelope Cruz

Technology has allowed the world of men in our society to separate itself from the sight and the sounds of killing; from the horror of it, but not from the killing. It must be easy to kill from a roomful of fluorescent lights and wash-and-wear shirts. — Caryl Rivers

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. — Huston Smith

That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place. — Val McDermid

A lot of issues need to be swept under the carpet
and poof, along comes SARS. Whether or not its appearance was coordinated, up front, to coincide with these scandals and tragedies in Iraq, one thing is for sure. SARS has been used as a smokescreen to keep the global public diverted and in fear. — Jon Rappoport

At the beginning of each year, we have conceptual meetings. How are we going to challenge ourselves this year? So we suggested a transsexual or transgender. And to be honest, I am shocked they let us do it. — Jai Rodriguez

Science is incapable of supplying answers to ultimate questions about why things exist and what their purpose is. — Nicola Cabibbo

Where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? — Victor Hugo

The saddest thing is when the toilet from an abandoned space station falls back to earth, lands upside-down on a child who was playing alone in the backyard, and smooshes them into the shape of half a hard-boiled egg.
... And when they lift the toilet off of the child, two lips at the top of the bloody mound say, on their dying breath, I love you, mommy. — Chris Onstad

It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are administered according to the tempers of their lords, but democratic states according to established laws. — Aeschines

The cost of living keeps going up, although death is surprisingly affordable. — Stephen Colbert

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language. — Don DeLillo

Here lies David Elginbrod
Have mercy on my soul, dear God,
As I would ye if I were God
And ye were David Elginbrod. — George MacDonald

The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves. — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin