Eastandard Quotes & Sayings

Never go into venture capital if you want a peaceful life. — Georges F. Doriot

In a city where men are killing each other like animals just to make it a happier place, who has the right to stop me from killing myself? — Orhan Pamuk

Misogyny is explicitly, visibly incentivized and rewarded. You can watch it self-perpetuate in front of your eyes. I — Lindy West

Peace comes from living a measured life. Peace comes from attending to every part of my world in a sacramental way. My relationships are not what I do when I have time left over from my work ... Reading is not something I do when life calms down. Prayer is not something I do when I feel like it. They are all channels of hope and growth for me. They must all be given their due. — Joan D. Chittister

Something or someone lived or died so you could have this life.
The mountain of the dead. They left you into the daylight. — Chuck Palahniuk

I think one of the paradoxes of writing fiction is when people enjoy it, they want it to be real. So they look for connections. — Junot Diaz

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values. — Christopher Dawson

In life, there are dreary, empty days and there are exciting, full days. You will experience both, for you cannot choose one above the other. May your full days be many. — King Samuel Benson

From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule. — Carl Hiaasen

Only those who'd changed could see
things from a different point of view. — Toba Beta

This disaster was caused by environmentalists charged with protecting the wilderness, who made one dreadful mistake after another - and, along the way, proved how little they understood the environment they intended to protect. — Michael Crichton

Desire. You can't fight that; you can only fight yourself after it hits you ... — Vee Hoffman

You were ambitious - for your life, what it was like when you woke up in the morning, and not for some attainment. Like most people who did not answer a particular calling from an early age, you placed work beside yourself; any occupation would fill up your day but not your heart. I liked that about you. I liked it enormously. — Lionel Shriver

Historically, Islam was hijacked about 20 or 30 years after the Prophet and interpreted in such a way that the ruler has absolute power and is accountable only to God. That, of course, was a very convenient interpretation for whoever was the ruler. — Mohamed ElBaradei