Diciottanni Paolo Quotes & Sayings

Our dog chases people on a bike. We've had to take it off him. — Winston Churchill

No person having the least particle of Negro blood can hold the Priesthood — Brigham Young

I think it's weird that the news cedes so much ground to Wikipedia. That isn't true in other informational sectors. — Ezra Klein

My father once related how he and his friend Les had come up with a way, when stalling for time in a meeting or deposition (he and Les were lawyers [Les, alive and well, still is a lawyer]), instead of saying "Um . . .," or "Uh . . .," one could say "Now . . .," a word which accomplishes two things: it serves the same stalling purpose as "Um . . .," or "Uh . . .," but instead of being dumb-sounding offputting, it creates suspense for what is coming next, whatever that might be, that which the speaker doesn't yet know. — Dave Eggers

If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bonds, society perishes. — Thomas Henry Huxley

An underestimated element in poetry, that reading aloud makes clear, is the pause. I mean especially the force of a pause or a couple of pauses close together, contrasted with a longer unit of grammar. — Robert Pinsky

there's nothing better after a gruelling day of work than to have multiple orgasms. Now, as we all know, most guys aren't capable of giving us MOs and, just quietly, they really should fucking teach that shit in high school Sex Ed. But," she sighed, disappointedly, "they don't, and because it's a skill possessed by the unicorns of the world, we need to have with us - at all times - a BOB. So please, for me, pack your fucking vibrator. — K.M. Golland

Real integrity stays in place whether the test in adversity or prosperity. — Charles R. Swindoll

The problem with venality in business is that getting outraged about it makes it easy to miss the systemic problems that venality often disguises. — James Surowiecki

Let's use the energy of this historic year to propel us toward our shared vision of a greater Boston. — Thomas Menino

In their millions the frog songs seemed to have a beat and a cadence, and perhaps it is the ears' function to do this just as it is the eyes' business to make stars twinkle. — John Steinbeck