Akalpo1908 Quotes & Sayings

Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go. — Valerie June

If you'd called me an ox, I'd have said I was an ox; if you'd called me a horse, I'd have said I was a horse. If the reality is there and you refuse to accept the name men give it, you'll only lay yourself open to double harassment. — Zhuangzi

Large scale collective bargaining ... is merely a seductive name for bilateral monopoly, and means either adjudication of conflicts in terms of power, or deadlock and stoppage, usually injuring outside people more than the immediate parties to the dispute. — Frank Knight

One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them. — Tobias Wolff

...Each of you will begin to be truly human when, in spite of your natural dislike of one another, you still respect one another. That is what it means to be civilized. — William, Saroyan

My view of the internet is that it is way overrated in what it's done to date but considerably underrated in what it will do. — Tyler Cowen

One of the questions I hear most often regarding my plan to read the OED from cover to cover is "Why don't you just read it on the computer?" I usually respond as if the questions was "Why don't you just slump yourself on the couch and watch TV for the year?" which is not quite an appropriate reponse. It is not so much that I am anicomputer; I am resolutely and stubbornly pro-book. — Ammon Shea

Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one every ever had the confidence to own it. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing. — Richard Peck

He (God) is not looking for smart people, because He is the smart one. All he wants are people simple enough to trust him. — Jim Cymbala

I almost never get nervous. I have ice water in my veins. — Geena Davis

The power of the American people, when we rise up and stand for liberty, knows no bounds. — Ted Cruz

I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please. — Jane Fonda

I'd take about 40 thousand CDs, and then take about three full vans of people to hit every hood, every mall, and every club. Just hit one city to the next. — Gorilla Zoe