Lehrman Institute Quotes & Sayings

I wanted it, I wanted, I wanted, but the moment it was mine, it ceased to interest me. — David Sedaris

Elves are extremely long-lived -- the passing years are but a blink of an eye to them. What also sets them apart from us is the very narrow window during which they can procreate, and, as a natural consequence, their very low fertility. The Aen Seidhe believe this to be the main reason for their decline. As one of my elven friends put it, "Even though we fought like wolves, we lost to a race which fucks like rabbits. — David Hodgson

A Gypsy never parts with her gold, unless she intends to spend it. — Debra Holland

I'm an optimist in my heart - I'm a hopeless pollyanna just like my mother - but a pessimist in my head. I think that's the dialectic we all need to be in. — Bill Ayers

There's no point pretending to be someone or something we're not. — Fennel Hudson

Your thoughts have little legs that go out & create what you think about. — John P. Hayes

I'm not a fan of religion. Religion ties people up and binds them and puts them back in chains but faith - true relationship - releases us to be all what God ever intended us to be. That's what I'm interested in. — Kathie Lee Gifford

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep! — Kirk Hammett

I have respectfully declined the president's invitation to the White House today. — Jeff Landry

While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism. — Tariq Ramadan

He wanted to close his eyes and shut out the pearly nothingness that surrounded him, but that was an act of a coward and he would not yield to it. — Arthur C. Clarke