Dave Oshana Quotes & Sayings

The only way to become immune to bullshit is to stop believing in it. — Gabbo De La Parra

No, thanks. They won't go away. You take care of Ricky and Mom, and me and the lawyer'll take care of the FBI. — John Grisham

I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric. — Osamu Dazai

A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and so on. — Rebecca MacKinnon

Stories ought not to be just little bits of fantasy that are used to wile away an idle hour; from the beginning of the human race stories have been used - by priests, by bards, by medicine men - as magic instruments of healing, of teaching, as a means of helping people come to terms with the fact that they continually have to face insoluble problems and unbearable realities. — Joan Aiken

After holding hearings to get input from Missourians, I led the fight to pass legislation that protects seniors from predatory lending in the mortgage industry. I stood up against efforts that would make it harder for seniors to vote, and battled telemarketers bent on defrauding seniors. — Claire McCaskill

When you're in your early 20s, a lot of characters can be one or two dimensional. You want a role to substantiate the drama, as opposed to actually analyzing the psychology of a human being. That's what drew me to acting, particularly the contradictions in people. — Tom Hughes

Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals. — George S. Clason

Can a mere song change a people's minds? I doubt that it is so. But a song can infiltrate your heart and the heart may change your mind. — Elvis Costello

If a man wishes to ensure the bad opinion of others, his best course probably is to be honest about himself. — William Hurrell Mallock