Lionella Betts John Quotes & Sayings

The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I read like fiends smoke crack — Duane Swierczynski

I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I want to enjoy life. — Suki Waterhouse

Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of. — Giulio Andreotti

It's full of phonies and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a golden Cadillac ... — J.D. Salinger

Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer. — Pat Barker

I love baseball, but being here (in the United States), I've been able to play golf every day. I can't play in Japan because every course has caddies, and the caddies all want autographs and don't want to let me golf. — Ichiro Suzuki

Man yields to death; and man's sublimest works
Must yield at length to Time. — Thomas Love Peacock

Even in the snarkiest of times, stay true. — Lauren Myracle

When the devil drives, needs must. — John Heywood

Battling terrorism must go beyond belligerence vs. isolation. — Barack Obama

He took pleasure in her inconsequential talk just as he did in the sunshine and the snow. — Ursula K. Le Guin