Avvelenato Quotes & Sayings

Why would I kill someone I don't know, when I know so many people who irritate me, and havent't killed any of them? — J.D. Robb

A great many men
some comparatively small men now
if put in the right position, would be Luthers and Columbuses. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

As commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to defend America. But in defending America, we cannot lose what America stands for. — Rand Paul

The main thing about the novel that is totally fascinating: It's not possessed by the writer; it's possessed by the reader. — Jane Smiley

The Catholic novelist in the South will see many distorted images of Christ, but he will certainly feel that a distorted image of Christ is better than no image at all. I think he will feel a good deal more kinship with backwoods prophets and shouting fundamentalists than he will with those politer elements for whom the supernatural is an embarrassment and for whom religion has become a department of sociology or culture or personality development. — Flannery O'Connor

Still, I never really mind bad service in a restaurant. It makes me feel better about not leaving a tip. — Bill Bryson

If you love someone, unknowingly, you become beloved. — Debasish Mridha

I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word 'marriage.' Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian to make sure you get your equal rights? Eyes on the prize, we should be sticking to getting equal rights. — Ani DiFranco

Words, I guess, are her more durable artifacts. — Karen Russell

I don't want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it's fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl. — Alicia Silverstone

The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful. — Elizabeth Janeway