Mankoff 1985 Quotes & Sayings

Hearsay - there's a reason it's not admissible in court. — Kat Reed

Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful. — Charles Bukowski

Inhaling fumes directly from burning foliage, either in a confined space such as a cave or a tent, or scooping up and breathing in the vapors from psychoactive plant materials scattered on a bowl full of hot coals, must be an extremely ancient practice. Herodotus's account from the fifth-century BCE, describing the use of small tents by the Scythians (a northwestern Iranian tribe) for inhaling the smoke of cannabis, is probably the most famous account that confirms the antiquity of the use of cannabis as a ritual intoxicant. — John Rush

There is no spoon. I am completely spoonless over here. — Jim Butcher

You really are one of a kind. I mean, it's not every day my girlfriend offers to kill me. — Bree Despain

The strength of a woman is the love she carries in her heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape. — Ban Ki-moon

I'd do a show about garbagemen if it was good! — Cynthia Nixon

As if there's a world that exists that you're semi-privy to yet can't quite penetrate - that's how it feels when you're starting a book. — Rebecca Miller

Communicating with Cattle by I. Ken Moo — Various

You'll never be as OK with the thought of dying as you are in the moments when you know that you are truly living — Luke Edison

The first draft doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to be written! — Heather Robinson

Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the glory. — Matthew Weiner

But it was easier, somehow, to reflect on them all from a distance than to be struggling for room in their midst. — Anne Tyler