Conflation Def Quotes & Sayings

If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books. — Paul McCartney

When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did 'Crazy/Beautiful' or comedies like 'Bring It On.' — Kirsten Dunst

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world. — Armstrong Williams

We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their losses, as we despise any man who does not suffer at being a man or simply at being. Hence no graver insult can be inflicted than to call someone 'happy', no greater flattery than to grant him a 'vein of melancholy' ... This is because gaiety is link to no important action and because, except for the mad, no one laughs when he is alone. — Emil Cioran

Of course, we can change. We're very adaptable. But it takes a while. — Gloria Steinem

One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods - that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security. — Anna Lindh

If you live today, you breath in nihilism ... it's the gas you breathe. If I hadn't had the Church to fight it with or to tell me the necessity of fighting it, I would be the stinkingest logical positivist you ever saw right now. — Flannery O'Connor

Men are all alike. Grown-up children. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Jealous of a bitty bird, he was. — Mary Ann Shaffer

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree. — Bobby Scott

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor. — Tadao Ando

EA: Is it the smoke that smells like vanilla?
Audience: Yeah.
EA: Yeah, they do that to mask the chemicals that are actually killing you. — Emilie Autumn

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team. — George Raveling

A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble - to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgment and self-worth to really listen and not be threatened by contrary advice. — Evan Thomas

To a coward, a kitten is a fierce lion. — Matshona Dhliwayo