Fernando Ortiz Quotes & Sayings

One only has to look at the performance of the economy to understand how it shapes the perspective of America's youth about military service. — John M. McHugh

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment, said Tempest with a bitter smile.
Law and custom I know nothing of, public opinion I despise, and shame and fear I defy, for everyone has a right to be happy in their own way. — Louisa May Alcott

Goldman is not a company of geniuses, it's a company of criminals. And far from being the best fruit of a democratic, capitalist society, it's the apotheosis of the Grifter Era, a parasitic enterprise that has attached itself to the American government and taxpayer and shamelessly engorged itself on us all. — Matt Taibbi

I think my favorite album was probably Realization. — Johnny Rivers

Writing fiction is fundamentally an irrational act. — Dale Peck

Many people with physical disabilities have romantic lives and good marriages to partners who see past their disabilities and recognize all of the things they can do. — Jeanne Phillips

I have lots of girlfriends - all over the country! You think I'm kidding? I'm dead serious. Girlfriends everywhere. — William Levy

America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting. — James Altucher

Other seasons come abruptly but ask so little when they do. Winter is the only one that has to be relearned. — Verlyn Klinkenborg

I'm a shy person, so I get really nervous going into interviews. — Skylar Grey

And then he leaned forward and my stomach collapsed, taking in that last breath. I closed my eyes and watched in awe as all the butterflies flew up into the sky, free, mingling with the exploding lights. — Natalie Bina

Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex. — Barbara W. Tuchman