Michener Allen Quotes & Sayings

I have tried very hard as a novelist to say, 'Novels are about individuals and especially larger than life individuals.' — Bharati Mukherjee

An old friend will help you move. A good friend will help you move a dead body. — Jim Hayes

Sunburn is very becoming - but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed grill. — Noel Coward

People have this idea that opera singers are overweight and sit at home eating bonbons. But I consider myself an athlete. — Sondra Radvanovsky

Some people hate Jews. Fine, alright it's been done. I mean, that's part of my problem with it. Could you hate somebody new? I'm not giving you any suggestions but the Belgians have had a good run. — Gary Gulman

Tell me." It was an order. It was law. — Laurelin Paige

What will has caused, will must be brought to correct. — Jocelyn Gibb

There is a simple test to define path dependence of beliefs (economists have a manifestation of it called the endowment effect). Say you own a painting you bought for $20,000, and owing to rosy conditions in the art market, it is now worth $40,000. If you owned no painting, would you still acquire it at the current price? If you would not, then you are said to be married to your position. There is no rational reason to keep a painting you would not buy at its current market rate - only an emotional investment. Many people get married to their ideas all the way to the grave. Beliefs are said to be path dependent if the sequence of ideas is such that the first one dominates. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It's not my fault if reality is Marxist — Che Guevara

We need marriage equality in every state in this nation. Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality. — Andrew Cuomo

The best way to let go is to notice the thoughts as they come up and to acknowledge them. — Charlotte Joko Beck

A rule against paid fast lanes would encourage additional capacity; a rule permitting paid fast lanes would simply encourage cable companies to create congested slow lanes on the Internet so they could make money by selling fast lanes to big companies. — Marvin Ammori