Bastardizing Quotes & Sayings

The notion of 'history from below' hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s. — Robert Darnton

It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters. — Henry David Thoreau

American voters tend to make their decisions based on a variety of vectors. Professional political satirists employ rather more scientific criteria. Namely: who will provide us with better material over the next four years? — Christopher Buckley

It is an illusion that once upon a time managers could make their direct reports do whatever was needed. Nobody has ever had enough authority - they never have and never will. Organizational life is too complicated for that. — Allan R. Cohen

Most of all, I love unfussy, unpretentious, simple food made with excellent ingredients. If I'm a snob, it's about quality, not cuisine. — Kate Christensen

My feeling is that if any Republican was elected it would be almost a death knell for the species literally, just because of their attitude on climate change. — Noam Chomsky

My father compounded with my mother under the Dragon's tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major, so that it follows, I am roughand lecherous. Tut, I should have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardizing. — William Shakespeare