Meliorating Quotes & Sayings

No society can be simultaneously fair, free, and equal. If it is fair, people who work harder can accumulate more. If it is free, people will give their wealth to their children. But then it cannot be equal, for some people will inherit wealth they did not earn. — Steven Pinker

Some things are only capable of being done in space. Examples of that are looking at our Earth from that far away, and understanding the entire processes of storms and weather patterns, and oceans, and coastlines. — Laurel Clark

I think the one thing about me is I'm a fairly demanding guy, and I give a great deal of myself, and I expect that in return. — Mike Quade

I cannot believe her when she says
I am beautiful. She cannot want me,
not the way I want her. My want
is an Empire State Building
I monster-climb with her
clutched in my fist. They make old,
flickering horror movies
about the way I look at her mouth. — Clementine Von Radics

The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. — George Washington

I love making movies. — John Carpenter

Because if you try, you better be ready to...take. — Ella Frank

A writer strives to express a universal truth in the way that rings the most bells in the shortest amount of time. — William Faulkner