Book Riot Insiders Quotes & Sayings

What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly. — Mike Yaconelli

I'd never have thought of the residents of those neighbourhoods as community activists, though it did make sense that, if they were going to protest anything, it would be the possibility of gay sex in their immediate vicinity. — Drew Nellins Smith

Don't count calories, don't hate carbs, don't go to the Stone Age. Simply eat real food, healthy food, and find ways to love every bit of food and the health that results. It will become a lifelong habit and you can leave the yo-yoing behind. — Thomas M. Campbell II

You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you in trouble. — Alice Walker

Government is an art, not a science, and an adventure, not a planned itinerary. — Donald Creighton

Copp's Hill Burying Ground, which could not be many blocks away from this very house, was a favourite scene. — H.P. Lovecraft

But by accident, not by cunning calculation, books, because of their weight and texture, and because of their sweetly token resistance to manipulation, involve our hands and eyes, and then our minds and souls, in a spiritual adventure I would be very sorry for my grandchildren not to know about. — Kurt Vonnegut

Oh, there was harm indeed for a young lady flattered by the brief attentions of a handsome man. — Kate Morton

Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures. — Morton Feldman

We are living in the World of Snails! Man is extremely slow! Whoever has a limited life, he has no right to be slow! Things must be done quickly! Slowness belongs to the immortals! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life. — Art Blakey

May my enemies live long so they can see me progress. — Ninja Visser