Compendium Journal Quotes & Sayings

If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview. — Barbara Walters

If you cannot embrace the pain of learning but must have instant gratification, you forfeit the greatest rewards of life. — John Piper

Equality is a practice, it's not just about words, — Mona Eltahawy

But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make. — Patrick Marber

To say that you can 'have experience,' means, for one thing, that your past plays into and affects your present, and that it defines your capacity for future experience. As a social scientist, you have to control this rather elaborate interplay, to capture what you experience and sort it out; only in this way can you hope to use it to guide and test your reflection, and in the process shape yourself as an intellectual craftsman — C. Wright Mills

The difference between us and other people is that their money looks bigger and their troubles smaller. — Evan Esar

If you asked my dad about selecting any kind of professional career, he'd tell you, "Don't make a date with a heart attack." Meaning: You've got to pace yourself and not forget to slow down. No job is forever. So relax and have some fun. — Chuck Palahniuk

Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion. — Adam Weishaupt