Einkaufszettel Quotes & Sayings

You know, there's nothing more interesting than seeing a bunch of racists become confused and angry at a speech they're not quite certain what he's saying. — Janeane Garofalo

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. — Bertrand Russell

I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it ... You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it. — Chris Christie

What kind of crops do they raise in the towns? Only Grand Dukes, Bolsheviks and drunkards! — Ernest Poole

I've thought about the idea of, 'Can happiness and creativity co-exist?' So much of what I've done, I think, has been based on being dissatisfied or incomplete or lonely. The answer is, 'There isn't an answer, necessarily.' — Conor Oberst

Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it. — Barbara Johnson

Grief which is not dealt with properly can cause us to lose our perspective on life. — Billy Graham