Hollett Quotes & Sayings

We have been very effectively pacified by the pernicious ideology of a consumer society that is centered on the cult of the self - an undiluted hedonism and narcissism. That has become a very effective way to divert our attention while the country is reconfigured into a kind of neofeudalism, with a rapacious oligarchic elite and an anemic government that no longer is able to intercede on behalf of citizens but cravenly serves the interests of the oligarchy itself. — Chris Hedges

I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government. — Paul Wolfowitz

I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first time I do something I think is expressive or really cool, that's what's actually on the recording. — Tom Scholz

The beautification of the world is not a work of nature, but a work of art, then it involves an artist. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Molly was arrested. Possession."
I blinked at him. "She was possessed? — Jim Butcher

Detaching does not mean we don't care. It means we learn to love, care, and be involved without going crazy. — Melody Beattie

Some guys will say all kinds of things to look macho and save face," Max said. "Guys are jerks sometimes. But in his heart, a man loves his wife or girlfriend for so many reasons besides her outward appearance. Think of it - as a couple they've probably been through a lot together. Unless their sex life is trashed or they can't trust each other or they're fighting all the time, there's so much more to a relationship than just looks.
And you have to understand, when a guy really loves a woman, he can't imagine his life without her. Even if she isn't the most beautiful woman in the world anymore, she's still the woman who captured his heart. — Jenell Hollett

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent. — Don Marquis

You didn't have to own something to love it. — Beverly Hollett Renner

We are all going to die soon. Do you really wish to waste time being angry at me?"
"Yes. I remain an unrepentant optimist. If i see that I am about to die, or you, I will forgive you. But not until then, you bastard. — Sherry Thomas

There were no gifts. Everything is properly accounted for. I provided testimony and evidence to the committee ... This was all stuff that was previously known. — Robert Torricelli