John Skow Quotes & Sayings

The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American. — Bernice Johnson Reagon

And of all the plagues with which mankind are cursed, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst. — Daniel Defoe

I am passionate about everything in my life
first and foremost, passionate about ideas. And that's a dangerous person to be in this society, not just because I'm a woman, but because it's such a fundamentally anti-intellectual, anti-critical thinking society.
bell hooks — Bell Hooks

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me. — Arthur Ashe

I had only myself to rely on. And that, I thought, was the most frightening aspect of my predicament. After all, how could I rely on someone I couldn't trust? — Bella Forrest

I wasn't afraid to die. But, as odd as it was after our years of fighting, I was afraid to live in a world without Damon. My brother was callous, rude, and destructive. And yet he had saved me on more than one occasion during our time in London. He was the one on whom I could count when no one else could be trusted. He was all I had. — L.J.Smith

The past is behind us," said Boudicca,"but the difficulty there is we keep looking over our shoulders. — Michelle Franklin

What keeps me going is goals. — Muhammad Ali

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right. — Magic Johnson

He couldn't help it - he was in love by the time she left the kitchen - but love made him feel sad and doomed, as usual. What he didn't know was that she'd suffered through a decade of cool, commitment-phobic men, and Lars's kindness, but mostly his effusive, overt enthusiasm for her, was at that time exactly what she wanted in a partner. — J. Ryan Stradal

The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of the nation's infrastructure. — Joe Baca