Nasamonian Quotes & Sayings

After a victim has reported a crime to the police, many people believe that the decision whether or not to charge the suspect with a crime, and then prosecute the suspect, is the prerogative of the victim. News media often contribute to this misconception in stories about rape victims by reporting that a victim 'declined to press charges.' In fact, the criminal justice system gives victims no direct say in the matter. It's the police, for the most part, who decide whether a suspect should be arrested, and prosecutors who ultimately determine whether a conviction should be pursued. — Jon Krakauer

A symbol may serve to transfer our intuitions and to suggest new ones only so long as its meaning is not defined. — P.D. Ouspensky

Everything about it was wrong. Thats why it worked so good. — Hubert Selby Jr.

As far as party primaries are concerned, both Republican and Democratic Party primaries are dominated by the most zealous voters, whose views may not reflect the views of most members of
their own respective parties, much less the views of those who are going to vote in the November general election. — Thomas Sowell

The primary factor that enables our government to peddle economic snake oil is the dollar's unique role as the world's reserve currency, and our creditors' willingness to preserve its status. By buying up dollars and loaning them back to us through Treasury debt, productive countries give American politicians cart blanche to play Santa Claus. — Peter Schiff

We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy. — Carl Sagan

Isn't it odd? A guy bats .301 and has 35 homers. Then everybody starts to tell him what a good fielder he has become. — Dick Stuart

If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef. — Dhanush

Honey, if we could cure stupid, I'd be out of a job. — Pamela Clare

All told, farmed animals in the United States produce 130 times as much waste as the human population - — Jonathan Safran Foer

If your hogs have warts, call us. Hogwarts Wart Removal. 555-HOGWARTS — Kate Klise

Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name. — Alexander Pope

There's no other job in public life that is like chairman of the Fed. — Alan Greenspan

Experience is a flow from event to consequence, with moral events defined by human choice. — James Carroll