Gadabout Salon Quotes & Sayings

A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is now speech and corporations are now people. But when real people without money assemble to express their dissatisfaction with the political consequences of this, they're treated as public nuisances and evicted. — Robert B. Reich

Some guys
a lot of guys
don't believe what they are seeing, especially if it gets in the way of what they eat or drink or think or believe. Me, I don't believe in God. But if I saw him, I would. I wouldn't just go around saying 'Jesus, that was a great special effect.' The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing. And you can quote me. — Stephen King

Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource. — Bell Hooks

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. — C.S. Lewis

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness. — Bryant H. McGill

Didn't you tell me smoking ruined your stamina as a boxer?
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Ruined is a strong word, I'd say.
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It helps fight boredom. It gives you more to do and less time to do it in. — Mohsin Hamid

Explanation of the unspeakable cannot be finished. — Gautama Buddha

I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece. — Robert Barry

Looking at someone in a deployed setting, it's not in their best interest to get pregnant overseas, but if it happens, it happens. — Tulsi Gabbard

It was only when Shona, in sheer fury, turned the carnivorous sheep among them that they moved. They ran, some of them with charming little white sheep attached to their legs or backsides and the rest shouting about monsters. — Diana Wynne Jones