Birdless Slippers Quotes & Sayings

Those that vow the most are the least sincere. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A writer who always has his characters "walk" is missing opportunities. — Sol Stein

It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was a thing called R&B, pop, country, classical - I just knew that I loved music. — Lionel Richie

I like Plutarch because I've read him forever, and I know that he's incredibly funky, even though his mainstream image is as Mr. Unfunky. — John D'Agata

Any time I claimed to be white, that would be unacceptable. It just doesn't make sense in people's minds. If I'm white, how can I walk through a department store and still have people scared that I'm going to rob them? Which, that can still happen. — Jordan Peele

Not so long ago people believed in ideologies, systems, and institutions to save all societies. Today, they have given up such hopes and have returned to relying on the individual, on individual freedom, individual initiative, individual creativity. — Dalai Lama

As much as I hate his movies, Oliver Stone has an aspiration I admire, and that is that he wants his art to be part of what makes and changes public policy and cultural practice. — Tony Kushner

You find the wrong boy, you ask for trouble. You find the right boy, you find love. — Becca Fitzpatrick

People often find it easier to refute a fake extreme opponent than a more cautious real one, so they knock down the straw man instead. It is actually worth the trouble to identify the invalid forms of argument, and to learn their names. Not only can you then avoid them yourself; you can also identify them in opponents. If you call your opponent's errors by their Latin names, you can make it look as though he or she is suffering from a rare tropical disease. — Madsen Pirie

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence. — Matthew Arnold

Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences. — Steve Allen

None but the guilty know the withering pains of repentance. — Hosea Ballou

My make clients are far — Dante D. Ross