Marchland Quotes & Sayings

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action. — Helen Suzman

So why, after prior successes, did Obama's race/class/gender attack finally sputter out like the French at Waterloo? — Victor Davis Hanson

I ... allowed my memory to journey back to the days when I was a boy of ten, full of health and optimism, when my wonder at the great game of living had yet to give way to disillusionment at its shabbiness. — Ruskin Bond

As a writer, you look for someplace to start. Once you have a beginning and you've written the first two sentences, nothing else will ever change it. — Ronee Blakley

Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create. — David McCallum

People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I have very little time to think about anything except when I'm actually there.' I wonder whether that makes me a better actor. I think it must on some level. — Mireille Enos

I had realized many years before why "patients" are called that; it's because a sick person is generally incapacitated, and thus obliged to put up with any amount of harassment and annoyance from persons who are not sick. — Diana Gabaldon

Door's not locked," Zerbrowski said. "You're a cop. How can you leave your car unlocked?" I opened the door and stopped. The passenger seat and floorboard were full. McDonald's take-out sacks and newspapers filled the seat and flowed onto the floorboards. A piece of petrified pizza and a herd of pop cans filled the rest of the floorboard. "Jesus, Zerbrowski, does the EPA know you're driving a toxic waste dump through populated areas?" "See why I leave it unlocked. Who would steal it?" He knelt in the seat and began shoveling armfuls of garbage into the backseat. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Be Young, Be Dope,
Be Proud. — Lana Del Rey

Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of its limitations and it's unworthiness to become the ideal civilization of the world. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

My dad has some depressive issues, and he's really tough on himself. So sometimes he can say things that are not super supportive. Like once I did a set, and he says, 'Sheesh, no wonder you're still single.' I was like, 'Eight ball, corner pocket, dad.' — Maria Bamford

We're all being segregated or sent to our different rooms to watch television that's geared only for adults, to be honest. There's very little fare - outside of cartoons and a few things for children (and) I guess (some reality shows like) The Voice - that can be watched by the entire family. — Michael Landon Jr.

I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me. — Lata Mangeshkar

Oh," He thought, "There is something very wrong with this girl."
James thoughts regarding Kristen in "Top From The Bottom" a short story in Six Ways From Sunday. — Donya Petrock