Gessen The Man Quotes & Sayings

I don't mind a bit being labelled a suicide. — Al Purdy

People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea?
I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture. — Thurston Moore

The Chelsea was like a doll's house in the Twilight Zone, with a hundred rooms, each a small universe. — Patti Smith

As far as France is concerned, we are ready to envisage everything that can be done under UNSCR 1441. [ ... ] But I repeat that every possibility offered by the present resolution must be explored, that there are a lot of them and they still leave us with a lot of leeway when it comes to ways of achieving the objective of eliminating any weapons of mass destruction which may exist in Iraq. I'd like nevertheless to note that, as things stand at the moment, I have, to my knowledge, no indisputable proof in this sphere. — Jacques Chirac

When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped. — Muriel Barbery

The manic end of is a lot of fun. — Carrie Fisher

Unless government appropriately regulates oil developments and holds oil executives accountable, the public will not trust them to drill, baby, drill. And we must! — Sarah Palin

(And believe me, you don't want me to be unhappy. I may be looking into the haunting thing right now.) — Morgan Matson

But tonight, because Rome had fallen and Felix was dead, because of Valerius's shame, the empty hut seemed horribly lonely, and there was a small aching need in him for somebody to notice, even if they were not glad, that he had come home. — Rosemary Sutcliff

Forgiveness is the final form of love. — Reinhold Niebuhr

I married her just because she looks like you. — Lyle Lovett

Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Now is the time to see the sunlight dancing as one with the shadows. — Rumi

There can be no creative morality unless man has the possibility of freedom. This is where the moralists make their mistake. If they want man to change his way of life, they must assume that he is free, for if he is not, all the raging and protesting in the world will make no difference. On the other hand, a man who is acting from the fear of a moralist's threats or from the lure of his promises is not making a free act! If man is not free, threats and promises may modify his conduct, but they will not change it in any essential respect. If he is free, threats and promises will not make him use his freedom. — Alan W. Watts

No one is easier to manipulate than a man who exaggerates his own influence. — Masha Gessen

My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do. — Matthew McConaughey