Demets Turtle Quotes & Sayings

I almost became a political journalist, having worked as a reporter at the time of Watergate. The proximity to those events motivated me, when I wound up doing philosophy, to try to use it to move the public debate. — Michael Sandel

A lot of my close friends had tolerantly washed their hands of the whole idea of me writing a book. They had said to themselves, "I don't know what he's doing." — Chad Harbach

Better to die for someone than committing suicide — Kenneth Mahuka

What exists is real; therefore it is tragic, since whatever lives must die. Only fantasy, the vapors rising from sheer nonsense, can now excite my laughter. — Jack Vance

He was the proud owner of a quite colossal member, which on the many awestruck occasions it had been exposed to public view had been compared variously to a giant frankfurter, an overfed python, a length of led piping, the trunk of a rogue elephant, a barrage balloon, an airport-sized Toblerone and a roll of wet wallpaper. — Jonathan Coe

I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer. — Patrick Swayze

The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

For what can be above the man who is above fortune? — Seneca.

You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market. — John Templeton

I got quarters in my loafers trying to fight inflation when it only used to take a cent. — Jimmy Buffett

Mysticism keeps mankind sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

A person archives self-realization by engaging in deliberate contemplative acts that serve to unify of all aspects of the self. To deny part of the self, a person risks spiritual decay. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer. — Martin Cruz Smith