Adaeveningnews Quotes & Sayings

[W]hat is one to say of the writer who lies when he writes that he is lying? — Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio

I'm an enormous fan of Thomas Bernhard's books, and I like the relentless feeling in his work - the pursuit of darkness, the negative - and I think in some sense I've internalised that as what one is supposed to do. — Ben Marcus

I'm the bionic woman. I have a very strong constitution, and I take excruciatingly good care of myself. — Angela Lansbury

The ideology of hardness and cruelty runs through American culture like an electric current ... — Henry Giroux

I have visited some places where the differences between black and white are not as profound as they used to be, but I think there is a new form of racism growing in Europe and that is focused on people who are Middle Eastern. I see it. — Montel Williams

I used to read every golf magazine front to back; I was addicted to Golf Channel, read Rotella, read every golf book. — Trent Dilfer

There was no press involvement, there was no pressure. Life was very pure and it became more complicated. — J.K. Rowling

Keeping people neurotic and depressed and ignorant and self-doubting is oppressive. — Susie Bright

It took a child. It took a child with a blood transfusion not only to wake me up, but to wake America up, basically. I mean, I read about his plight in a doctor's office in New York in a magazine. I was so outraged about it that I contacted the family. We became friends. I helped them move to another place in Indiana. And we became constant friends. — Elton John

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity — Plato

We pretend that our present system is democratic, yet the people never have the chance nor the means to express their views on any problem of public life. Any issue that does not pertain to particular interests is abandoned to collective passions, which are systematically and officially inflamed. — Simone Weil