Fugitive Pieces Memorable Quotes & Sayings

Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future. — G. M. Trevelyan

There are more and more taboos about calling something, anything, ugly. — Susan Sontag

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage. — Robert Reich

I'd rather walk a tightrope than have my feet on the ground. — Nicole Kidman

Sometimes he felt like he'd been gone his whole life
in exile, away from the place he was supposed to be, and that, soldier-like, he was pining to be returned. Homesick for a place he'd never been. — Gillian Flynn

I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller. I left Norway after high school and moved to Manhattan and went to film school in Manhattan. That's when I really found out that this was my calling and what I wanted to do. — Morten Tyldum

It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you dig in deep and grab a hold. — Rodney Atkins

The trouble is, I'm writer, and most writers are terrible nosey parkers. — Roald Dahl

As a matter of fact I did flirt with Socialism, in my youth."
"That when you were in university, was it?"
He smiled. "Yes. University. But then I saw how much more comfortable life could be as one of the exploiters rather than one of the exploited. Plus I decided that if the proles were so stupid as to let themselves be exploited, who was I to stand in their way? — Iain M. Banks

You're going to be a great player, kid. — Jackie Robinson

I don't think you're going to be seeing the U.S. employing large army divisions to deal with small terrorist groups again. I don't think they're going to be occupying foreign nations in order to dry up terrorist groups within them. I think that lesson has been learned. — Richard Engel