Importunar Quotes & Sayings

Your presence can be soothing so long as what you say is soothing — Gayle Forman

Individuals are concerned not
with the moral issue of realizing these standards, but with
the amoral issue of engineering a convincing impression that
these standards are being realized. Our activity, then, is
largely concerned with moral matters, but as performers we
do not have a moral concern in these moral matters. As
performers we are merchants of morality. Our day is given
over to intimate contact with the goods we display and our
minds are filled with intimate understandings of them; but it
may well be that the more attention we give to these goods,
th e more d is ta n t we feel from them and from those who are
believing enough to buy them. To use a different imagery,
the very obligation and profitablility of appearing always in
a steady moral light, of being a socialized character, forces
us to be the sort of person who is practiced in the ways of
the stage. — Erving Goffman

I knew that if we were going to actually defeat Harry Reid, we had to have a candidate who would offer a sharp policy contrast. Someone who would not just pay lip service to limited government principles, but had a solid record of voting that way time and again. I'm that candidate. — Sharron Angle

The feminine graces of Madame de Sevigne's genius are exquisitely charming; but the philosophy and eloquence of Madame de Stael are above the distinction of sex. — James Mackintosh

A company is an organic, living, breathing thing, not just an income sheet and balance sheet. You have to lead it with that in mind. — Carly Fiorina

A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins justice ends? — Edmund Burke

Bullshit. You lied to me every single day. Were the nights a lie too? Am I just like all those other girls? Maybe I'd be better off with a new owner, at least I know when he fucks me I will hate him. Not like you. You made me love you then you wrecked me with it. Then you gave me back piece by piece every night only to take it all away over again in the morning. — Nashoda Rose

You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way. — Christian Marclay

Nothing in life or love slipped easily into the tidy little box of his expectations. — Dan Sofer

Proportion which more or less exactly failed to please the eye. — Douglas Adams

As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're watching. — Kristi Yamaguchi

Without a country, you are the basket of humanity. — Barbara W. Tuchman