Fanboys 2009 Quotes & Sayings

The ever-present impulse is to push against restriction and, in so doing, to feel intolerably hemmed in. Thus in practice, every liberation increases the sense of oppression. Nor is the paradox merely in the mind: the laws enacted to secure the rights of every person and group, by creating protective boundaries, create new barriers. — Jacques Barzun

One defining symptom of decadence is a fondness for vast and nonsensical extravagance. — Robert Silverberg

The oddly shaped man had introduced himself as a Mr. Abernathy, a wealthy friend of the family. "I'm a wealthy friend of the family," he had said. "Very rich. Friendly. — Jordan Stratford

I want a happy life. — Michelle Williams

The only thing that made the music different was that we were taking lyrics to places they had never been before. The thing that makes art interesting is when an artist has incredible pain or incredible rage. The New York bands were much more into their pain, while the English bands were much more into their rage. The Sex Pistols' songs were written out of anger, wheras Johnny was writing songs because he was brokenhearted over Sable... — Legs McNeil

Motive matters more with good deeds than it does with bad. — Gregory David Roberts

God has given me a life far beyond anything I ever dreamed about. God is, man, God is something else man. — Steve Harvey

The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.' — George Osborne

The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night? — John Fowles

We will have to work hard to rest. — Kevin DeYoung

It's good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff. — Heather Graham

Is there anything more attractive than a polite person with limitless self-belief? There is not. — Chuck Klosterman

I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life. I am pursuing Christ wholeheartedly 100 percent. I don't need a theologian or a set of man-made beliefs to guide me in my daily life. I'm grateful for people's opinions but I choose to surrender and to serve Christ and Christ alone and in that my life has changed. — Alan Chambers

I can remember in the late 1980s and early 1990s how many men with AIDS I saw everywhere in Key West. There were hospices and medical supply stores geared to people with AIDS. It seemed that every sick man who could afford it had headed for the warmth and the tranquillity and the gay-friendliness of the island. — Edmund White

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce. — Voltaire