Cogic Quotes & Sayings

I haven't seen any poet in this country behave nearly as rudely as Newt Gingrich or Bill O'Reilly. I'm not asking these people to approve of everyone's manners. I don't feel obliged to defend the manners of every poet who submits a poem to my web site. That's not my job. My job is to provide them with an opportunity to speak from the heart. If there's not much in the heart and if the mouth is running wild, that's not my problem. — Sam Hamill

As a pianist, our particular role is to enter a piece and its logic and create a particular interpretation from our understanding. The most important thing for the performer is, after all, to create a special atmosphere - we enter the composer's feelings and emotions and recreate them freshly for a given audience. — Rafal Blechacz

The generosity of the poor, she thought, wasn't rare, just rarely noticed. — Rainy Kirkland

She carried on talking. And as she did so, I realized there could be no cosmic consequence at all if I stopped listening, and with that realization I switched off the phone. — Matt Haig

It is unbearable to be deprived of your country.' Come now, look at this mass of people whom the buildings of huge Rome can scarcely hold: most of that crowd are deprived of their country. — Seneca.

How does Reyes feel about him?"
"He would rip out his spine if I let him."
She patted my knee. "I would expect nothing less from the son of evil incarnate. He's a good guy. — Darynda Jones

A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something I'm interested in trying. I would fail miserably at it, so why even bother? — Christian Bale

When I make films, I'm very conscious about leaving space for an uncertainty, and for some unexpected things. — Jorgen Leth

There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz. — Wynton Marsalis

Whether or not you liked George W. Bush, there was no doubt about what position he was going to take, and that's what endeared him to a significant segment of American society. — Frank Luntz

Zalos: 'The world is full of massive things in motion. Little creatures get hurt. — Robert Fanney

I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules. — Penn Jillette