Longlife Quotes & Sayings

There is only one party in the United States: the Property party ... and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. — Gore Vidal

When I was a teenager, her habit of cramming a bunch of words into one line, plus the way her lyrics tend to start with small particularities and ripple outward into universal truths, lodged itself into my ears and wound up directly on my pages. — Meghan Daum

We're all happier when we know less, because the details are frightening and haven't really improved much. The more you pay attention, the more horrifying the world is. — Paolo Bacigalupi

I shall never forget what I saw at the Museum of Modern Art: in a spotless schoolroom, fifty little girls painting away at tables covered with brushes, pots, tubes, bowls, staring into space and sticking out their tongues like the clever animals that ring a bell, tongues lolling and eyes vague. Teachers supervise these young creators of abstract art and slap their wrists if what they paint represents something and dangerously inclines toward realism. The mothers - still at the Picasso stage - are not admitted. — Jean Cocteau

Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question. — Andrew Cohen

A thorn in the flesh is nothing compared to a thorn in the conscience. — Adrian Rogers

I became a student of the history of religion. I am fascinated by how religions often center on mystical experience, and in the Old Testament tradition you find flames, the burning bush. — Barbara Ehrenreich

People, they think that animation is a style. Animation is just a technique. It's like, people, they think that comics is a style, like comics is a superhero story. Comic is just a narration, and is a medium, you can say any kind of story in comics and you can say of any kind of story in animation. — Marjane Satrapi

I can't say that I deserve longlife; I don't. I've just been around long enough. They say, "My God, she's still here." — Angela Lansbury

If you keep telling girls they're less good at science, that will probably be self-fulfilling. But there are quite a lot of women who are good at it. — Lisa Randall

I have always believed that a
trademark is the life of an enterprise
and that it must be protected boldly. A
trademark and a company name are
not just clever gimmicks-they carry
responsibility and guarantee the
quality of the product. If someone tries
to get a free ride on the reputation and
the ability of another who has worked
to build up public trust, it is nothing
short of thievery. We were not flattered
by this theft of our name. — Akio Morita