Dryly Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

Mexicans who come to America today end up opposing assimilation. They say they are "holding on to their culture." To them, I say, "If you really wanted to hold on to your culture, you would be in favor of assimilation. You would be fearless about swallowing English and about becoming Americanized. You would be much more positive about the future, and much less afraid. That's what it means to be Mexican. — Richard Rodriguez

By far my most popular novel, and one that allows me to join the small company of "respectable" writers whose fiction deals with the American West: Cormac McCarthy, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Tom Lee and a handful of others, — Larry McMurtry

Sometimes good people have to do terrible things. — Orson Scott Card

The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing. — Ricardo Alarcon

If you wake during the night, any thoughts and feelings you might have are from your Chimp and they are often very disturbing, catastrophic and lacking in perspective. In the morning you are likely to regret engaging with these thoughts and feelings because you will see things differently. — Steve Peters

The point in lifeis to find equilibrium in what is inherently unstable. — Pierre Reverdy