Destarte Quotes & Sayings

One thinks of the failure of representation since 9/11, the proliferation of novels, the media glut, the surfeit of images that somehow slide too easily into a banal repertoire, commodified shock. — Maureen N. McLane

Drag shows are one of my favorite things in the world. As a straight man I love going to gay bars. People at gay bars just love to dance. — Steve Kazee

People are beginning to become disturbingly comfortable with a kind of official hypocrisy. Bizarrely, for instance, we've become numb to the idea that rights aren't absolute but are enjoyed on a kind of sliding scale. — Matt Taibbi

But surrender is only possible if we have total assurance that we are safe. We must be convinced that if we let go we will be caught. This assurance only comes when we trust that our heavenly Father desires to be with us and will not let us fall. — Skye Jethani

Being the ideal of a strong woman means utilizing all the things that God gives you. People are always saying to me, 'You're a strong female, so why are you wearing a bikini on the cover of that magazine?' Being a strong woman is misconstrued to be something evil and ugly. — Kelis

Drugs and oils work in opposite ways. Drugs toxify. Oils detoxify. Drugs clog and confuse receptor sites. Oils clean receptor sites. Drugs depress the immune system. Oils strengthen the immune system. Antibiotics attack bacteria indiscriminately, killing both the good and the bad. Oils attack only the harmful bacteria, allowing our body's friendly flora to flourish." David Stewart, Ph.D., R.A., The Chemistry of Essential Oils, 2005 — Jen O'Sullivan

I love anything that gets me outside of my own head. — Lewis Black

It's hard to find a book that's safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places. — Joan Didion

I do not perceive myself to be mad. But if I were truly mad, would I be able to tell? — Jim Butcher

The responsibility for men's behavior, indeed for civilization itself rests entirely with women here, and in how they dress and behave. Men's animalistic impulses are presumed to be overwhelming and uncontrollable. And as men are brutal, brainless savages, women must hide their bodies to avoid being assaulted. In most societies, a respectable woman, to varying degrees, is expected to cover up. If she doesn't she is inviting assault. — Jenny Nordberg

How scientists go about their job: and it's a process, it's a question of asking questions, respecting observation, respecting experiment, having tentative explanations and then testing them ... There is a problem sometimes with how we teach science at schools. Because we sometimes teach it as if it has been chiseled in stone. — Paul Nurse

He utilized my skills during the day and I fantasized about his skills during the night. — M.K. Schiller

See, you have to marry me. I seem to scare off all the help. — Lynsay Sands

- This Indian wife you have ...
- Had. She's dead.
- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up
an unhappy memory.
- I can't remember anything unhappy
about Destarte. — Louis L'Amour

I'm a movement by myself, but I'm a force when we're together. — Ne-Yo