Irkingly Quotes & Sayings

My name isn't Offred, I have another name, which nobody uses now because it's forbidden. I tell myself it doesn't matter, your name is like your telephone number, useful only to others; but what I tell myself is wrong, it does matter. I keep the knowledge of this name like something hidden, some treasure I'll come back to dig up, one day. I think of this name as buried. This name has an aura around it, like an amulet, some charm that's survived from an unimaginably distant past. I lie in my single bed at night, with my eyes closed, and the name floats there behind my eyes, not quite within reach, shining in the dark. — Margaret Atwood

Actually I'm a big fan of Spielberg and the way he shoots action scenes. — Tommy Wirkola

Apathy is a trap. There is no challenge ... so there is no reward. Remember, there is always free cheese in a mousetrap. — Steve Maraboli

I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny because people tell me I am, but when I watch myself, it doesn't make me laugh. Does that make sense? Because I know the jokes, and to me, I feel like I'm pulling the wool over people's eyes. And there are probably people who do not enjoy what I do. — Greg Behrendt

The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith. — Terry Eagleton

And I love the idea of books being more than books, or being, rather, something other than books. I think the ideal experience of my book would be like listening to music. — Jonathan Safran Foer