Otuz Milyon Quotes & Sayings

A man is not expected to love his country, lest he make an ass of himself. Yet our country, seen through the mists of smog, is curiously lovable, in somewhat the way an individual who has got himself into an unconscionable scrape seems lovable - or at least deserving of support. — E.B. White

Henry VIII, for example, who was king of England from 1509 to 1547, ended his days surrounded by a great many young people for the simple reason that he'd had most of his old courtiers exiled or executed. Between the years 1532 and 1540 alone, Henry ordered 330 political executions, probably more than any other ruler in British history. If you worked for Henry VIII, then you really didn't need to worry about putting money into your pension fund as you probably wouldn't live long enough to spend it. — John Connolly

Political life is best treated with antibiotics. — Colin Tegerdine

The white zone is for loading and unloading only.
If you gotta load or unload, go to the white zone... — Frank Zappa

As her eyes drifted closed and sleep overcame her, she saw Ronin in the stars. A warrior. A saint. A savior. — Sibylla Matilde

When facing the public, politicians constantly filter their ideas through a political sieve. 'How will this affect the environmentalists, labor, management?' Sometimes the sieve gets so clogged by political taboos that no new ideas pass through. — Madeleine M. Kunin

I was naked and he had more possessions than he could use all at once. I was the proletarian, he was the capitalist, and my relations to him were reduced to the basic proposition of all revolutions: die, I want what you have. It was the first time in my life I'd taken an interest in politics. — MacDonald Harris

It makes me feel like working non-stop: at least, on sets, the level of security gives me a bit of privacy. It's a relief. — Robert Pattinson

In nothing is the difference between the Americans and the Soviets so marked as in the attitude, not only toward writers, but of writers toward their system. For in the Soviet Union the writer's job is to encourage, to celebrate, to explain, and in every way to carry forward the Soviet system. Whereas in America, and in England, a good writer is the watch-dog of society. His job is to satirize its silliness, to attack its injustices, to stigmatize its faults. And this is the reason that in America neither society nor government is very fond of writers. The two are completely opposite approaches toward literature. — John Steinbeck

When I read a novel I am not here. I am transported to far-off places, my eyes unseeing of the words on the page, busy with a scene being played out in my mind's eye, with my ears engaged, hearing the voices carry from the pen to the present. What a lovely place to be-not here
- Just Jane (Chapter Four Page 35) — Nancy Moser

The ties of blood," said Spider, "are stronger than water."
Water's not strong," objected Fat Charlie. — Neil Gaiman

It's because we have little faith that we look within instead of without. — Ralph Bouma

My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. — Pink