Browsed Def Quotes & Sayings

But I return to that terrible statement of Bertrand Russell's: "Better Red than dead." Why did he not say it would be better to be brown than dead? There is no difference. All my life and the life of my generation, the life of those who share my views, we all have had one viewpoint: Better to be dead than to be a scoundrel. In this horrible expression of Bertrand Russell's there is an absence of all moral criteria. Looked at from a short distance, these words allow one to maneuver and to continue to enjoy life. But from a long term point of view it will undoubtedly destroy those people who think like that. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Was everything redneck actually mystical? — Miranda July

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me. — Little Richard

The truth is the light and the light is the truth. — Ralph Ellison

Being a parent is joyful, but it's also haunted by the specter of loss. — Richard Beck

War was waged to make peace. Abuse was love. Welcome to the funhouse, where strange mirrors reflect the faces of hell. — Dean Koontz

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. — Ed Sheeran

I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty. — Ethel Waters

You can hate me, but why knock my hustle? I'ma be the queen no matter how they shuffle. — Nicki Minaj

I grew up playing in the woods. — Nick Robinson

We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after hours, because going up and down hills all day was a good workout in itself. — Tom Berenger