Kaufmann House Quotes & Sayings

Leaks are good. There is too much secrecy in our government. Sometimes the government knows about a problem and it takes a leak to embarrass the bureaucracy and get them to do something about it. — Joan Claybrook

Through my observations, it became clear that most of society's rules and customs are rooted in fear and superstition! — RuPaul

In an extensive reading of recent books by psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and inspirationalists, I have discovered that they all suffer from one or more of these expression-complexes: italicizing, capitalizing, exclamation-pointing, multiple-interrogating, and itemizing. These are all forms of what the psychos themselves would call, if they faced their condition frankly, Rhetorical-Over-Compensation. — James Thurber

I listen to Lil Wayne, and then I listen to Merle Haggard. — Tyler Farr

Cross your fingers and pray for a miracle. — Cecelia Ahern

Teaching is a wonderful way to learn. — Carol S. Dweck

The way people behave towards each other is a measure of their value as human beings. — Lynne Truss

When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub. — Gavin Rossdale

Who are you?' Andre demanded when I refused an ice-cream cone a few weeks later. 'The woman I fell in love with never said no to ice cream.'

'The woman you fell in love with could also stand to lose a few pounds.'

'Are you kidding? My prenup is going to have a weight minimum. You lose a pound, I dock you.'

Yup, this one was worth fighting for. — Phoebe Damrosch

I'm a firm believer in stories with arcs and beginnings and endings and all that. 'Scott Pilgrim' is sort of one long novel, and it's so long that I get confused and sort of tread water sometimes. But there's definitely a goal to it. People who just dismiss it as shallow, that's their prerogative, but it's not really my intent. — Bryan Lee O'Malley

Don't do that. Don't make the mistake of calling what's inside me worry. Good men worry. Men like me take care of the problem. — Kit Rocha

The way back is always shorter. — Maya Deren

Would you expect a mutiny?' 'Mutiny in the sense of outright revolt and refusal of command? No. But from some of the people I expect muttering, discontent, ill-will; and nothing makes work slower or more inefficient or more unsafe than ill-will and its perpetual quarrels. — Patrick O'Brian

Metal is the feeling of being an outsider, but still being part of something huge. — Brian Posehn