Codevilla S Quotes & Sayings

My lips parted as I watched him lick his fingers clean ... as he licked me off of his fingers. — J.J. McAvoy

The point of Political Correctness is not and has never been merely about any of the items that it imposes, but about the imposition itself. (The Rise of Political Correctness) — Angelo Codevilla

Maybe blow-up dolls invaded Ireland during the Dark Ages, landing in the bay here. They raped the men and pillaged the women, adopted the children to imprint their rubbery ways on them, turning them into blow-up orphans. Hence,' she concludes, 'Dollymount Strand. — Jonathan Dunne

I'm so glad I put a hot, naked guy on my Christmas wish list. I just didn't think Santa would actually deliver one. — Patricia W. Fischer

There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it. — John Stuart Mill

let your love out — Roald Dahl

There's America, there's the South, and then there's Mississippi. — Lyndon B. Johnson

The Republican Party did not disparage the ruling class, because most of its officials are or would like to be part of it. — Angelo Codevilla

Comrade, your statement is factually incorrect."
"Yes, it is. But it is politically correct."
(The Rise of Political Correctness) — Angelo Codevilla

Paris without a good book is like a pretty girl with only one eye. — Naomi Wood

For we live by faith, not by sight."

2 Corinthians 5:7 — Anonymous

This is a good group of young guys that's eager to play. When I was coming up with the (Minnesota) Twins, they called us a Triple-A team. But then we made the playoffs. That's the direction we're headed. — Corey Koskie

The greatest gift of surrender was that it helped me to realize that it is arrogant of me not to forgive myself when God forgives me. — Iyanla Vanzant

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player ... The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart. — Marianne Williamson

I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles. — Aubrey Plaza

History is so full of high-level intelligence officials who actually worked for the other side that one is forced to conclude that whether or not top intelligence jobs attract the disloyal, they surely offer incentives to disloyalty. — Angelo Codevilla

Yeah, I love history and I loved it as a kid. — Paul Bettany

Live with the objective of being happy. — Anne Frank

After Napoleon's 1815 defeat at Waterloo, Europeans had created nation-states in the image and likeness of Napoleon. The new states became the foci of popular affection, even worship. All organized themselves as Napoleon had France, and as Hegel had prescribed, with every house numbered so that bureaucratic government could pass its science to and collect sustenance from each. The states became the purveyors of education and sources of authority. They fostered the myth that people within their borders formed distinct races with different geniuses and destinies. All partook of Charles Darwin's ideology that life is an evolutionary struggle in which the fittest survive. — Angelo M. Codevilla

Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems across Western Europe would suddenly have no value. You could as a knock-on effect create a banking crisis in Western Europe. — John Major