Maclise Nickleby Quotes & Sayings

surely by now you realize that you can't trust anyone. But why not take a chance?' * — Jeff VanderMeer

I think the more you hone your voice, take risks and talk about things that matter, the better chance you have of getting into the realm of the philosophers of stand up. But you have to be funny. — Ted Alexandro

I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise people. And that's where the good humor is, if there's a surprise and there's something unexpected. Something that's not normal, not in the realm of general living expectations. — Bill Plympton

I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had. — Carey Mulligan

There's a guy walking around a war-torn country, and he comes across a girl who's been killed by a bomb. The guy drops to his knees and goddamn, he cries that it's the worst thing he's ever seen. 'Oh my God, it's terrible. Look at that poor little girl. I can't go on.' When the guy gets up, he walks a few steps and sees five kids who have also been killed and burned by a bomb. Oh God, this is really bad, he thinks, but he gets up and walks until he sees ten girls who have been killed and says, 'What a shame,' as he walks by. By the time he gets to a hundred children who have been bombed and killed, he doesn't even slow down to look. He just doesn't care anymore. — Ole Anderson

If Peter Pecker picked a pack of pecker partners, how many pecker partners would Peter Pecker pick? — Madison Parker

It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun. — S.A. Tawks

Central Intelligence cutting Meo opium fields! China Lobby copping poppies in Burma! How long this Addict government support our oil-burner matter-habit — Allen Ginsberg

I think, in a lot of places, the solar panels are a badge of honor; they're trendy. If you go to Hawaii or Japan, people even install fake solar panels because it's cool and it's popular. And so I think solar panels have gotten a lot more attractive. They're sleek, black, they look good on a roof. — Lynn Jurich

The natural effect of low interest is to increase trade and industry; because undertakings of every kind can be prosecuted with greater advantage. — Alexander Hamilton

The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one standard of courage which all must reach. — Sun Tzu

When I'm writing novels, even screenplays, it's never an actor I have in mind; it's always the version in my head of who the character is. Once somebody gets cast, I have to adjust a little bit to who they are. — Jonathan Tropper

If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well. — Chip Kidd