Calculatedly Expedient Quotes & Sayings

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid. — William Faulkner

LUKE: There is a tide in the affairs of Jedi.
Which taken at a flood, leads to the Force. — Ian Doescher

My father was on the Alcoholics Anonymous wishlist. My mother was on ... parole. And lithium. — Christopher Titus

I know that anybody who does all this and doesn't have to, everything thinks she's very driven. The truth is, I enjoy it all so! Can't it be that simple? I think it is! I don't feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still? — Beverly Sills

It means the world to me to represent the Hispanic community. — Mark Sanchez

To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head — Jean-Paul Sartre

Bush, himself the most intellectually backward American president of my political lifetime, is surrounded by advisers whose bellicosity is exceeded only by their political, military and diplomatic illiteracy. — Gerald Kaufman