Itstoriross Quotes & Sayings

When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice. — Alan Ladd

I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too. Some Latino poets who barely speak English and Asian poets who can't believe how discriminated against they are. It was luck nad being in the right place. I wasn't saying nothing somebody else wasn't saying but they wouldn't hear it from them. — Russell Simmons

If we cut speed and relax with what's going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about. — Sakyong Mipham

Finally she found what she was looking for. "See, child?" she said, holding out a framed illustration that looked as if it had been ripped from a book. In it, a man was being crucified - a black man with an Afro - and up above, floating in the vicinity — Jodi Picoult

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs. — John Pugsley

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something. — Iris Dement

Strangers with puzzled looks were amazingly cooperative in letting me into their rooms with my photographic gear. They let me take down the curtains, wash the windows, and rearrange the furniture. Often, too, they expressed their desire to share their view with others, as if it were a non-depletable treasure. I liked the idea that my photographic vantage points were not solely determined by myself. They were predetermined by others, sometimes years earlier, and patiently waited for me to discover them. — John Pfahl

Time [is] flowing in the middle of the night. — Alfred The Great

We carry our wounds and perhaps even worse, our capacity to wound, forward with us. If we learn not only to tell our stories but to listen to what our stories tell us ... we are doing the work of memory. — Patricia Hampl

I would be wary about working in the States because freedom is an important thing. I have made seven films and even on Alien Resurrection I had the freedom. I had to fight and struggle a bit but in the end I won out. — Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Boys think girls are like books. If the cover doesn't catch their eye, they won't bother to read what's inside. — Ella Frank

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of your money. — Jim Rogers