Modernly Mugs Quotes & Sayings

Cultural stupidity accounts for virtually every aspect of Sarah Palin, both as a person and a political icon. Which, come to think of it, may be a pretty good reason not to misunderstimate her. — Joe Bageant

Who do I belong to? How come I mortgaged my being till I don't belong to myself? How come I sold my blood? And who now owns my indecisions, my hands, my private pain, my pride? — Pablo Neruda

If the ability to make use of experience and draw conclusions decided, we would have forgotten what war is a long time ago. But those whose goal is war have never been held back, nor will be, by experience or analogy. — Andrzej Sapkowski

If you're unwilling to try new things and to fail and learn, you don't have a shot. That doesn't mean you are going to be successful, but you have to try to change. — Edward Lampert

All the truth in the world is held in stories. — Patrick Rothfuss

Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, Marcus Garvey fought for African national and racial equality. — Kwame Nkrumah

I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all. — Gabriel Byrne

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant. — Amy Tan

Music is one of the ways that God has of beating in on man. — Charles Ives

Marco, honey, I'm gonna have to wreck your fantasy and tell that not only are Joss and I not involved with each other, and not only are we both straight-which you'd think any straight guy would realize-but I would do her and half the guys at this table before I would even let you watch me change my shoes"
Eric opened his mouth to say something but Kat immediately cut him off "No, Eric. You're in the other half — Susan Bischoff

For some things there are no wrong seasons. Which is what I dream of for me. — Mary Oliver

Since I was a little kid, I've had this profound connection and love for the deep, dark, unmolested woods. I've always had a longing to be in the deep woods or in the water. I want to be on lakes, streams, and rivers and surrounded by everything that comes with it - the ducks, birds, fish, and other wildlife. I guess it's in my DNA, and I just love being out there. Even to this day, it's where I want to be. — Phil Robertson

There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body. — E.A. Bucchianeri