Downhills 2018 Quotes & Sayings

Those of us who follow politics seriously rather than view it as a game show do not look at Hillary Clinton and simply think 'first woman president.' We think - for example - 'first ex-co-president' or 'first wife of a disbarred lawyer and impeached former incumbent' or 'first person to use her daughter as photo-op protection during her husband's perjury rap. — Christopher Hitchens

Compassion is often mistaken for weakness, when the fact is, there is very little that is more powerful than the courage it takes to give it. — Kristen Ashley

Physical activity within four hours of bedtime and illness can also cause this type of insomnia. — Alistair Sinclair

it's like the British in Ireland in 1916' , says Oisir O'Dowd. 'The repeated the ageless macho mantra, "Force is the only thing these natives understand," so often that they ended up believing it . From that point they were doomed. — David Mitchell

The right constitutions, three in number- kingship, aristocracy, and polity- and the deviations from these, likewise three in number - tyranny from kingship, oligarchy from aristocracy, democracy from polity. — Aristotle.

Enough of invisibility, silence, timidity, defensiveness, guilt! An invisible, silenced man was an empty space into which others could pour their prejudices, their agendas, their wrath. The fight against fanaticism needed visible faces, audible voices. He would be quiet no longer. He would try to become a loud and visible man. — Salman Rushdie

Urge to come to terms with the "Outside," by absorbing, interiorizing it. I won't come out, you must come in to me. Into my womb-garden where I peer out. Where I can construct a universe within the skull, to rival the real. — Jim Morrison

What a genius, that Picasso. It is a pity he doesn't paint. — Marc Chagall

There's so much going on, with child abuse, not having the right relationships and being in abusive relationships, that play into her, and that energy was constantly in my body for a month. I was the lead character and it was very, very intense. — Tinsel Korey

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. — Pliny The Elder

Thank goodness! We've been worried to death!" "And curious to death," Ella added. Vivi looked at Ella oddly. "That's not even a phrase." Returning her attention to Alex, she continued, "We were just wondering whether we should call in the cavalry." Ella drawled, "By that, she means her father." "As angry as he would have been that we let Alex storm off into the night," Vivi pointed out, "I think 'cavalry' is a perfectly acceptable description." The — Sarah MacLean

The terrible newly imported American doctrine that everyone ought to do something. — Osbert Sitwell

If the next stop's Wichita Falls, I better take a piss too," Otis agreed. — Scott Hildreth

You need to talk about sex with a sense of humor, especially because sex is a sensitive area for a lot of people. The other thing is that you may not want to tell the world everything you do in bed. — Paige Turco

The Tao is like a well; used but never used up. — Laozi