Ducitities Quotes & Sayings

Web standards keep you out of the dustbin of history. — Joshua Greenberg

There is something about the way that Greek poets, say Aeschylus, use metaphor that really attracts me. I don't think I can imitate it, but there's a density to it that I think I'm always trying to push towards in English. — Anne Carson

There are a few scattered moments in one's life when everything seems possible. — Paul Russell

The Battle Creek, Michigan, headquarters of Kellogg's looks like a spaceship built to look like a pyramid that was then hastily converted into a public library during a period of intergalactic peace. — B.J. Novak

Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less. — Dan Quayle

The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85. — Boy George

I realize it's not just Willem I'm looking for; it's Lulu too. — Gayle Forman

In life we come across people who ditch us, break us. But we still continue to trust. We are scared of getting hurt again but we still trust, still share and still open our hearts to them. Why? Why do we trust even after knowing that people change? — Anonymous

Prediction is a very difficult business, particularly about the future — Fred Singer

I bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right. They always thought I would go someplace. — Richard Pryor

There's a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings. — Michelle Cooper

Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. — Althea Gibson

She carried a thousand lights inside her heart, and a thousand lights carried her. — Vatsal Surti

The story is told of Michelangelo being asked about his methods for sculpting.
He replied simply that he worked on a block of marble, removing all that was not
part of the sculpture until only the sculpture remained. I suspect this oversimplifies
the art of sculpture, but it's an excellent analogy for photography, which is
essentially an art of exclusion. — David DuChemin