Bettmans Quotes & Sayings

Strange things began to happen that made Holmes's claims about being the devil seem almost plausible. Detective Geyer became seriously ill. The warden of Moyamensing prison committed suicide. The jury foreman was electrocuted in a freak accident. The priest who delivered Holmes's last rites was found dead on the grounds of his church of mysterious causes. The father of Emeline Cigrand was grotesquely burned in a boiler explosion. And a fire destroyed the office of District Attorney George Graham, leaving only a photograph of Holmes unscathed. — Erik Larson

That was Evelyn's weakness. She was too kind, and too truthful. Both, I have found, are inconvenient character traits. — Elizabeth Peters

I think that his [Obama's] task will be to develop an overall strategy for America in this period, when really a New World Order can be created. — Henry A. Kissinger

Las Vegas suggests that the thirst for places, for cities and gardens and wilderness, is unslaked, that people will still seek out the experience of wandering about in the open air to examine the architecture, the spectacles, and the stuff for sale, will still hanker after surprises and strangers. That the city as a whole is one of the most pedestrian-unfriendly places in the world suggests something of the problems to be faced, but that its attraction is a pedestrian oasis suggests the possibility of recovering the spaces in which walking is viable. — Rebecca Solnit

I served, she came to the net, it was a passing shot. — Gabriela Sabatini

If you hold there is a 100 percent probability that God exists, or a 0 percent probability, then under Bayes's theorem, no amount of evidence could persuade you otherwise. — Nate Silver

Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years. — Joschka Fischer

Since my money is God's money, every spending decision I make is a spiritual decision. — John Hagee

Its an arrogant conceit of humans to think that they can "give" justice in whatever capacity. Karma would boomerang sooner or later and you are not required to meddle with it. Laws don't ensure justice but ensures fear of punishment in men much like religion instills fear of God. — Nikhil Sharda

Every movie I've made is different, but it's because I'm different. I'm not the same person I was in 1992 or 1999 — Gregg Araki