Dillusionment Quotes & Sayings

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice. — Bill Monroe

I've been playing swing chords for a long time. — Suzy Bogguss

Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything. — Samuel Johnson

When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they'd have enough to last them for years. By 1923, that was starting to run out, so your average person started to rely more and more on criminals. — Terence Winter

Someone once defined a social problem as a situation in which the real world differs from the theories of intellectuals. To the intelligentsia, it follows, as the night follows the day, that it is the real world that is wrong and which needs to change. — Thomas Sowell

I love it when mothers get so mad they can't remember your name. "Come here, Roy, er, Rupert, er, Rutabaga ... what is your name, boy? And don't lie to me, because you live here, and I'll find out who you are." — Bill Cosby

How impossible it is to forget the stories we tell ourselves, even when the truth should super-cede them. — Stephanie Danler

The key to high concept is that fresh twist. Make it a big one. Wow your reader. Force her to gasp when she comes to that part in your story. — Darynda Jones