Govoni Land Quotes & Sayings

Yes, if you believed in words, if you lived by words, you had better be careful which words you say and how you say them. You had better be careful what you look up, which words, which names. Jane Clifford, in The Odd Woman — Gail Godwin

Experts say that children are not born criminals, nor pampered parasites. They are made that way by the environment in which they live. — J. Edgar Hoover

Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who knows a great deal can't imagine that what he is saying is not common knowledge, and speaks more indifferently. — Jean De La Bruyere

From out of your heart, you speak.
-Emma, When Crickets Cry — Charles Martin

The typical lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle - a mere counter in a grotesque and knavish game. If the right pressure could be applied to him, he would be cheerfully in favor of polygamy, astrology or cannibalism. — H.L. Mencken

I guess rebelliousness has been explored in many movies, but what about the smart kids' rebellion? Not just the motorcycle jackets and that kind of rebellion; it's the dorky kid - what could he do? — Portia Doubleday

Bad chances were better than no chances. — Stephen King

It doesn't matter whether it is chemistry or immunology or neuroscience: I just do research on what I find interesting. — Susumu Tonegawa

Egoism ... is not eliminated by economic reorganization or by material abundance. When basic needs are satisfied, new 'needs' emerge. In our society, people want no simply clothes, but fashionable clothes; not shelter, but a house to display their wealth and taste. — Peter Singer