Dubovsky Peter Quotes & Sayings

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process. — Arthur Erickson

For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me. — Aimee Bender

There are consequences if you stand up for what you believe. Heck, you might - you might lose your sponsors if you're a talk show host; or if you're running for office, you know, people not give to you or people might not vote for you. — Louie Gohmert

one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. — Joseph Smith Jr.

Conversation is the blood of baseball. It flows through the game, an invigorating system of anecdotes. Ballplayers are tale tellers who have polished their malarkey and winnowed their wisdom for years. — Thomas Boswell

Yet by such worthless beings is a great nation to be governed and even made to deify their old king because he is only a fool and a maniac, and to forgive and forget his having lost to them a great and flourishing empire. — Thomas Jefferson

We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'. — Casey Stengel

The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason. — Mary Wollstonecraft

I write music, it's performed. After all, my music says it all. It doesn't need historical and hysterical commentaries. In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music. — Dmitri Shostakovich

I grew up in a school that had a big music program, and it was incredible. It's what I looked forward to during the day. I had chorus, strings, band. — Alison Krauss

I decide that we could always indulge ourselves later. First, I had a soul-eating stone of power to poke with a stick. — Lisa Shearin

A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight seconds, down from 12 in the year 2000. — Timothy Egan

It's good to know where you are, but it's better to know where you're going. — Neil Gaiman

Surely," said Miss Marple, aghast at an idea that had come into her mind, "there can't be a bond of ruthlessness between us?" Was she, Jane Marple - could she ever be - ruthless? "D'you know," said Miss Marple to herself, "it's extraordinary, I never thought about it before. I believe, you know, I could be ruthless ... . — Agatha Christie

When you get close enough to someone you're never really alone again. — Stephen Baxter