Gordies Speed Quotes & Sayings

The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try to define what is good or what is true or what is beautiful. But government can provide nourishment to the ground within which these ideas spring forth from the seeds of inspiration within the human mind. — Jimmy Carter

I just would like to keep going. If I kept getting the kind of work that I've been getting for the last 20 years for the next 20, I'd be a bloody Dame of the British Empire. I'd be so happy. — Anne-Marie Duff

If Da Vinci had to tweet 5 times a day,
we'd still be riding bicycles. — Natasha Tsakos

Although this may be a most difficult thing, if one will do it, it can be done. There is nothing that one should suppose cannot be done. — Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Everyone - you included - is on her best behavior in the beginning of a relationship. Sometimes little quirks turn out to be big ones, and the big advantage that women have - sometimes the only advantage - is their intuition. — Nicholas Sparks

The mythology about the UN is absolutely breathtaking. People believe it costs a great deal of money to the United States. Completely untrue: it doesn't. The United States makes a net gain. People believe it's a world government, although the UN is a pathetically weak organization which improvises in emergencies to try to prevent the worst from happening. — Brian Urquhart

Inconveniently, books are all the pages in them, not just the ones you choose to read. — Don Paterson