Alt Song Quotes & Sayings

From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene. — George Cukor

Thou shalt not be such a shit, you don't know you are one. — William S. Burroughs

We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become. — Fennel Hudson

My whole mode is to do what I want to do and let people understand me through that. — El-P

It does not make you less of a woman to need a man. To need one to exist, yes, this is nonsense. To need one to give one scope and importance, this is dishonest. But to need a man, one man, to bring joy and passion? This is life — Nora Roberts

I watched them roam awhile, and had a small weep, but even grief had its limits. By dinner-time I was horribly bored. — Naomi Novik

Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries. — Eugenio Montale

Infectious diseases have become less prominent as causes of death and disability in regions of improved sanitation and adequate supplies of antibiotics. — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

Most remember the groundbreaking first in sports; few remember the third or fourth to follow in those tracks. That's not downplaying anyone's achievements but rather recognizing that there comes a time when simply being there is no longer good enough for the record books. — LZ Granderson

When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period. — John Moody

Maeres's companion, though, he looked like the sort of man who would drown kittens recreationally. — Mark Lawrence

The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments. — Chuck D

Do we really have to wander around apologizing for enjoying plot, just because James Wood and a few dozen other arch-aesthetes sniff at it? It's like being careful not to sing pop songs in the shower because some guy in the local alt-weekly is a music snob. — Patrick Nielsen Hayden