Irritating Status Quotes & Sayings

From the literary point of view, the Koran has little merit. Declamation, repetition, puerility, a lack of logic and coherence strike the unprepared reader at every turn. It is humiliating to the human intellect to think that this mediocre literature has been the subject of innumerable commentaries, and that millions of men are still wasting time in absorbing it." (Orpheus, Salmon Reinach, 1932. See page 175 of the book here) — Salomon Reinach

Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner. — Nile Rodgers

Ramona was originally an accidental character I added to the Henry Huggins books because I noticed that none of the characters had siblings. I added Ramona as Beazus' pestering little sister. — Beverly Cleary

People want the tragedy. They need things to go wrong, they need the tension. In my characters there's a core of trust and love that I'm very committed to. These guys would die for each other, and it's very beautiful. But at the same time, you can't keep that safety. Things have to go wrong, bad things have to happen. — Joss Whedon

The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as a fan, have been records that surprised me for one reason or another. — Steve Albini

Letters were first invented for consoling such solitary wretches as myself. Having lost the substantial pleasures of seeing and possessing you, I shall in some measure compensate this loss by the satisfaction I shall find in your writing. — Heloise

There is nothing - nothing - like writing a great joke and having that joke kill onstage. — Judy Gold

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. — Confucius

Besides, I'm not jealous. I'm just so in love with you that there isn't anything else. — Ernest Hemingway,