Baisite Quotes & Sayings

The truth is, everything ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader and the writer and the characters. Does or does not a character address moral being in a universal and important way? If it does, then it's literature. — Whitley Strieber

Kath Two wondered, as she always did, whether the people of the Epic would have said and done some of what they had, had they known that, five thousand years later, billions of people would be watching them on video screens, citing them as examples, and quoting them from memory. Over the first few decades on Cleft, the cameras had died one by one. Depending on how you felt about ubiquitous surveillance, the result had either been a new Dark Age and an incalculable loss to history, or a liberation from digital tyranny. Either way, it signaled the end of the Epic: the painstakingly recorded account of everything that the people of the Cloud Ark had done from Zero onward. After that it had all been oral history for about a thousand years, since there had been no paper to write on and no ink to write on it with. Memory devices were scarce and jury-rigged. Every single chip had been used for critical functions such as robots and life support. — Neal Stephenson

Anyone with great ambition, great vision, and great passion can be a great person. — Debasish Mridha

Yes, there truly is a joy to giving. — Charles Bronfman

Being a popular director or actor's son can be frightening in this industry. What if you are not able to make it? — Anupam Kher

I think people's relationship with the concept of violence changes, and that to me might be a little more interesting. — Chuck Klosterman

Life is a rotten lottery. — John Waters

As the data from the past decade clarify, there is no evidence that poverty causes crime but a great deal of evidence that crime causes poverty. By aligning themselves against the police, against commonsense tactics like stop and frisk, against metal detectors in public housing, against swift and certain punishment, and for a broad array of legal protections for accused criminals, liberals helped to aggrieve the lives of the poor and society as a whole. — Mona Charen

Recovering from a gunshot wound is not a vacation. You need to, like, write that on your hand or something. — Suzanne Brockmann

I want to ensure and the Government wants to ensure that Australia is well prepared to tackle dangerous climate change with a scheme which is both responsible and which meets our international commitments. — Wayne Swan

What the hell is wrong with you?" Westin growled as they entered the house. Lia twirled a bit.
"I am in a good mood. Is that not allowed?"
"For most people, yes, it's preferred. On you, it's creepy. What's up? — Abbie Chandler

YouTube is committed to balancing the needs of the fan community with those of copyright holders. — Chad Hurley

Whenever you finish an artwork and the viewer comes and views it, at that moment you've given up control. — Jeff Koons

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. — Joseph Addison

I hope to leave behind the words to change a life. — P.S. Winn