Lackman Library Quotes & Sayings

The executed men were cursed, and praised, and doubted, and despised, and held to account, and blackened, and wondered at, and mourned, all in a confusion complicated infinitely by the site of war. — Sebastian Barry

You name the demonstration; I was at it. — Susie Bright

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors. — John Turturro

Jesus never made miracles the center of His gospel. — Sunday Adelaja

After living on the edge, the adrenalin, some people in the military get addicted. Anything else seem boring. They have to have the excitement. — Timothy McVeigh

For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world. — Conrad Black

Fine! He is being passive aggressive with me, and it's gonna backfire; I'm gonna be active friendly. — Natalya Vorobyova

God is self-evident, impersonal, omniscient, the Knower and the Master of nature, the Lord of all. He is behind all worship and it is being done according to Him, whether we know it or not. — Swami Vivekananda

The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission. — Karl Marlantes

The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies on the same turd. — Charles Bukowski

I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it. — Bret Easton Ellis

I'm up at 5:30 or 6, but not willingly. By 8:30, I'm in my home office. I take a swim in the afternoon, and I garden. We have about an acre of land. — Robert Silverberg

The business behind the business is the real game. It's the business behind the business that makes money regardless of who wins the game or which way the market goes - up or down. It's the business that sells the tickets to the game. It does not buy the tickets. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

More people work at Walmart than anywhere else in the United States, but you wouldn't know that from our literature. I'm trying to get at the reality of this country by portraying the lives of many of my friends who I left behind in Pittsburgh. — Said Sayrafiezadeh