Acfun Quotes & Sayings

Moynihan, when he was ambassador to the United Nations, produced the same effect when he attacked the Third World. These attacks aroused great admiration here; for example, when he denounced Idi Amin of Uganda as a "racist murderer." The question is not whether Idi Amin is a racist murderer. No doubt the appellation is correct. The question is, what does it mean for Moynihan to make this accusation and for others to applaud his honesty and courage in doing so? Who is Moynihan? He served in four administrations, those of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford - that is to say, administrations that were guilty of racist murder on a scale undreamed of by Idi Amin. Imagine that some minor functionary of the Third Reich had correctly accused someone of being a racist murderer. — Noam Chomsky

She remembered Fiona saying something once, there was nothing more attractive than a competent man. At the time she'd been a young girl, without true understanding, but now she agreed. — Lily Blackwood

I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy. — Anthony Doerr

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio. — Mickey Mantle

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. — Benjamin Disraeli

With Michelangelo anatomical science is transformed into music. With him the human body is architectonic matter for the construction of dreams. — Umberto Boccioni

The cast and the crew made me feel really welcome. Towards the end it just got better and better. — Charlotte Church

Those who despair of life are not long for it. — Elizabeth Janeway

You're always nervous about how a film lands with an audience. — Naomi Watts

Something like going to get the newspaper can increase your writing efficiency by taking you away from the material. When I'm doing other things, writing stuff will be swirling around in my head, and sometimes I'll see a new way into the material. — Nathaniel Philbrick

Extreme exercise doesn't save you from poor food choices. It can be difficult to exercise and erase away that chocolate cake or pizza pie. It doesn't work that way. — Jennifer Hudson

What makes this danger so terrible is that humans tip the balance of your world. No other species can make such a difference, for good or ill. If humans can live in harmony with other forms of life, the world rejoices. If not, the world suffers
and may not survive. — T.A. Barron

Tulips are the only flowers that continue to grow, up to an inch or more, after they're cut. — Sarah Jio