Bampton Lectures Quotes & Sayings

Wine is to women as duct tape is to men, it fixes EVERYTHING! — Tanya Masse

It was gorgeous and claustrophobic. I loved it and I always wanted to escape. — Emily St. John Mandel

The more you move, the stronger you'll grow, not like a tree that can be killed if you uproot it. — Ha Jin

Steven Pinker, a prominent Harvard professor who has devoted more than ten years to studying the decline in violence, the conclusion is evident: We live in the most peaceful era ever. — Jurriaan Kamp

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure. — Al Franken

Her knees were weak and if not for that marble pillar beside her shoulder she would faint and fall not far from the maze at the end of the main aisle of the church. — J.M.K. Walkow

The "female culture" has shifted more rapidly than the "male culture"; the image of the go-get 'em woman has yet to be fully matched by the image of the let's take-care-of-the-kids- together man. More important, over the last thirty years, men's underlying feelings about taking responsibility at home have changed much less than women's feelings have changed about forging some kind of identity at work. — Arlie Russell Hochschild

Good is the enemy of great. — Jonathan Ive

Let's agree then ... if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might even find your own voice. — Avi

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. — Sallust

This was, I decided, my purpose as a dog, to comfort the boy whenever he needed me. Sometimes — W. Bruce Cameron

I can barely breathe but I think that his lips might be better than oxygen at the moment. — Autumn Doughton