Colbertiste Quotes & Sayings

We should give the Lord the excellence He deserves in everything we do. — Ricky Skaggs

I would love to adopt a child from a Spanish speaking country, because I want to have Spanish in the home. — Valerie Cruz

I believe that any candidate who supports the war should not receive our support. It doesn't matter if they're Senator Clinton or whoever. — Cindy Sheehan

did manage to read some pages from a book that's also about how people can find strength they didn't know they had." "What book was that?" "The Book of Common Prayer," Mom answered. "Didion?" "No, Will." Mom's voice was somewhere between amused and exasperated. "The other one." And then she added, smiling: "Besides, I think the Didion is A Book of Common Prayer, not 'The Book.' — Will Schwalbe

I really learn from something that really inspires me and it becomes something that I remember. — Alexander Wang

No poems can please long or live that are written by water drinkers — Horace

I don't know. I love the idea of democracy, the hope, yes, I love that. I couldn't live without that. But the country? You mean the thing on the map, lines, everything inside the lines is good and nothing outside them matters? How can an adult love such a childish idea? — Ursula K. Le Guin

I can't see the forest through the trees, except the trees are people. — Sloane Crosley

We invent casuistical arguments for ourselves, we take a lesson from the Jesuits, and, for a time, contrive to allay our own doubts and convince ourselves that what we are doing is necessary, absolutely necessary, in a good cause. That is the way we are made; it is all as clear as daylight. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When I die, I want it to say 'Short and Funny' on my tombstone. — John Requa