Iradent Quotes & Sayings

Hess or no Hess, I'm going to watch the Marx Brothers. — Winston Churchill

Public libraries have succumbed to the same pressures that have overwhelmed the basic cultural functions of museums and universities, aims that should remain what they were, not because the old ways are always better but because in this case they were the right ones: the sustaining of standards, the preservation of quality, the conservation of literacy's history, the education of the heart, eye and mind. Now libraries devote far too much of their restricted space, and their limited budget, to public amusement. It is a fact of philistine life that amusement is where the money is. — William H Gass

I will die soon anyway ... I too will cut the adombinal thread of time ... but I will cut it with my own hands! — Yukiru Sugisaki

Whether it is considered from the viewpoint of its effect on society, or as one of the expressions of the human spirit, creativity stands out as an activity to be studied, cherished, and cultivated. — Silvano Arieti

Keep busy, Granny Sugars used to say, even if with poker, fighting, and fast cars, because idleness will get you in worse trouble. — Dean Koontz

I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts. — Elizabeth Warren

All hippies around now just represent complete apathy. — Joe Strummer

My wonderful editor, Jackie Onassis, asked me to write a book that I wanted to write. I said, 'Look, it's not going to be scandalized. I'm not going to talk about anybody like a dog. I'm going to say the positiveness of my life, and talk about those who have contributed to the way I've been going, and that's that.' — Judith Jamison

Let me be enough, — Diana Gabaldon

Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow coastal plain where, so often, the mountain drops to the sea. Land hunger had always afflicted the Ilokanos and made them migratory. — F. Sionil Jose

The way they knew that Bone Gap had gaps just wide enough for people to slip through, or slip away, leaving only their stories behind. — Laura Ruby