Maile Flanagan Quotes & Sayings

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority. — Lord Acton

Sometimes it's more fun to compete with your friends, because you can talk a little trash with them. — Derrek Lee

I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha! — Cynthia Ozick

You are a person. Words are labels. Don't ever accept to be labeled because labels are for things and you are not. — Joan Ambu

With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge, and which would give a comfortable living and sufficient leisure, in order to sacrifice to my gods [mathematical research]. For example, I hope to get the editting of the census, the birth and death lists in local districts, not as a job, but for my pleasure and satisfaction ... — Carl Friedrich Gauss

All of a sudden, I'm thinking that if I keep eating the way I'm eating, I'm not going to live long and I'm going to die. Having those thoughts as a young person can be very haunting. — Richard Simmons

I'm addicted to women. Believe me, as Shaggy, after every concert, there's drawers that are dropping. — Shaggy

I'd love to do a cop film in America. That's a genre I absolutely adore. — Danny Boyle

My sock cut off my circulation, my uniform sweater itched, and my underwear seemed to be staging some sort of revolt to make me as uncomfortable as possible.
And this were the good points of the day. — Jenny B. Jones

They've been so bloody ruthless that you almost get no choice in the matter. — Kenneth Grange