Honne Box Quotes & Sayings

One reason that Americans as a people became nostalgic about the fifties more than twenty-five years later was not so much that life was better in the fifties (though in some ways it was), but because at the time it had been portrayed so idyllically on television. — David Halberstam

Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101. — Nicholas Sparks

Meta-pleasures afforded to us by the exercise of our emotions. — Anonymous

In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor. — James Franck

The characteristic of vision. That great sweeping act of imagination which evoked a marvelous park, where children pressed against the fences, wondering at the extraordinary creatures, come alive from their storybooks. Real vision. The ability to see the future. The ability to marshal resources to make that future vision a reality. — Michael Crichton

I could be accused of glamourising crime, the favorite question on all journalists' lips whenever they ask about anyone writing about such things. The answer to that must be an emphatic 'Yes'. We've come to expect our icons of the criminal world to be larger than life, better than anyone else at foiling the final capture scene. We all love a good thriller .... — Stephen Richards

Pike hung up. He knew he couldn't convince Darko with more talk. Darko would have to convince himself, and now he would either show or he wouldn't. — Robert Crais

I come from a state that has virtually no gun control. And yet, at political peril, I voted for an instant background check, which I want to see strengthened and expanded. I voted to ban certain types of assault weapons which are designed only to kill people. — Bernie Sanders

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. — Honore De Balzac

It just occurred to me - what are you like when you travel?"
I beamed at him, turning on his radio. "Eighties music, baby. Don't tell me you didn't light the fire."
He groaned. "This is going to be one long ride. — Tijan

In the second part of my life, away from cycling, I hope I will be able to benefit fully from my family and children in the same way that cycling gave me such joy. — Richard Virenque

[P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bible. This is how we need to live life generally. Everything we hear and see we need to evaluate - whether the inspiring writings of the Bible or the inspiring writings of Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, or George Eliot, of Ghandi, Desmond Tutu, or the Dalai Lama. — Bart D. Ehrman