Compensated Shock Quotes & Sayings

I don't say that I never feel fear before a performance, but I have learned to channel it. — Claudio Arrau

Influenced by Pete Seeger and the Weavers, McLean proudly wore the mantle of troubadour in the early 1970s, when 'American Pie' topped the Billboard charts, and has never shed the cape. — Douglas Brinkley

The band that changed my life was The Who. It's hard to pick just one album, but if I had to pick the one that really showed me how things could be done, it's 'The Who Sell Out.' They really went to town on that, doing something that no one had ever done before. — Buzz Osborne

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him — Bill Russell

No offense, but if you want to be with my niece, you should think about getting a haircut. My mother is very conservative."
"No offense taken," John said mildly. — Meg Cabot

There are dark times just around the corner. There are dark clouds travelling through the sky. And it's no good whining about a silver lining. For we know from experience they won't roll by. — Noel Coward

Monkey see, monkey do. Human being don't see, human being don't do. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When I was a child, I believed that those stars were knights in silver armor protecting the universe against darkness. — M.B. Mohan

We need to defend the interests of those whom we've never met and never will. — Jeffrey D. Sachs

Those who exclaim that "animals are not people" tend to forget that, while true, it is equally true that people are animals. To minimize the complexity of animal behavior without doing the same for human behavior erects an artificial barrier. — Frans De Waal

I'm about to play an emaciated pregnant vampire, so I've stopped using as much butter as Paula Deen - just until 'Breaking Dawn' is over. — Kristen Stewart