Flophouses On The Bowery Quotes & Sayings

A man should die for his own sins alone, he told himself, knowing that that would never be. Not even with God. It was too easy to kill, to knife, to send disease. — Shulamith Hareven

Only someone who has Asperger's would read a subprime mortgage bond prospectus, — Michael Lewis

Its badness is so potent that it seems to undermine the very idea of literature, to expose the whole endeavour of making art out of language as essentially and irredeemably fraudulent — Mark O'Connell

Do you ever look at the people around you and wonder how you ended up with them? — Carolee Dean

I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my express permission are the members of the Marine Corps Band. Those are the only forces I have. I want it announced that we propose to hold the White House against all odds at least for some time to come. — John F. Kennedy

The sound world that I created for 'Avatar' had to be very different, really, than anything I ever created before. There is also three hours of music. — James Horner

Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits. — Jared Polis

You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with them, or too grasping to care for what you can not turn to other account than mere delight. — John Ruskin

Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful. — Maya Angelou

As a tender and loving friend is grieved at the unkindness of his friend ... so is it with this tender and loving Spirit, who hath chosen our hearts for a habitation to dwell in. — John Owen

The gap between a dumb and a clever person may appear large from an anthropocentric perspective, yet in a less parochial view the two have nearly indistinguishable minds. — Nick Bostrom

Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring. — Zooey Deschanel

It thanked her for the life she breathed into hits being; without her influence, this little being would not have been in the Garden of Glory. — H. L. Balcomb