Ballotable Quotes & Sayings

Stevenson told the legionnaires that patriotism "is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. . . . For it is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. — Scott Farris

That's the trouble with you readers. You know all the plots. — Billy Wilder

A bad salesman will automatically drop his price. Bad salesmen make me sick. — Danny DeVito

A Zen master once said, "To go eastward one mile is to go westward one mile." This is vital freedom. We should acquire this kind of perfect freedom. — Shunryu Suzuki

I'm mischievous. The idea of taking risks and having real-world consequences energizes me. — Shepard Fairey

Destruction is only another aspect of being. — Angela Carter

Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk. — Clare Balding

I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who have those obscene amounts of money and have obscene amounts of fame have awful lives. Really. I mean hideously compromised lives. — Jason Isaacs

The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces. — Peter Arnett