Oberholtzer Foundation Quotes & Sayings

I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life. — Fran Lebowitz

The breakdown of the American family's having a disastrous impact on our economy. — Marco Rubio

The white moth of hope fluttered before her face. — Cornell Woolrich

Time is the inexplicable raw material of everything. With it, all is possible, without it nothing. The supply of time is truly a daily miracle, an affair genuinely astonishing when one examines it. — Arnold Bennett

I had a rope around my waist, and the rope was attached into the helicopter in case I fell off. And the shot was a shot that began with Kim Novak going out of a house and getting into a bus. Then it was supposed to go over the countryside and find a freight train on which Bill Holden was standing. And then after seeing a good look at the freight train, the camera was supposed to move up into the sky for the end credits. — Haskell Wexler

Men are in the habit, when the truth is exhibited by the servants of God, of saying, All is mystery; they have spoken in parables, and, therefore, are not to be understood. It is true they have eyes to see, and see not, but none are so blind as those who will not see. — Sam Smith

By providing safe nesting sites, woodpeckers are thus keystone organisms for a vast assemblage of birds the world over, including many owls, parrots, parids, flycatchers. — Bernd Heinrich

That saying, about how you always kill the thing you love, well, it works both ways. — Chuck Palahniuk

When you've made up your mind to shout out who you are to the world, it's a relief to know that you can do it in a whisper. — Terry Pratchett

It's a funny thing, 'The Office,' because millions and millions and millions and millions of people didn't watch it. But culturally, it is more of a phenomenon than almost anything else I can remember as far as British television is concerned. — Martin Freeman

Mr. Gorbachev has apparently stumbled onto one of the best-kept secrets in recent Soviet history: Communism doesn't work. — Frank Zappa

Be a wave of kindness that touches the hearts of everyone. — Debasish Mridha

Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal coterie, poetry has lost the confidence that it speaks to and for the general culture. — Dana Gioia

Men are so easy to manipulate, poor things. — Elizabeth Peters

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is. — Jodi Picoult