Phelps Sungas Quotes & Sayings

I am so sick of being exhorted, as a writer, to improve the world by representing it in a more hopeful way. — Russell Smith

If a book isn't at least somewhat polarizing, it didn't say anything of value.
[Blog entry - November 1, 2014] — Ilona Andrews

To be calm when you've found something going on — Yusuf Islam

The host of men who stand between a great thinker and the average man are not automatic transmitters. They work on the ideas; perhaps that is why a genius usually hates his disciples. — Walter Lippmann

I think people at least now, as opposed to ten-15-20 years ago, kind of get it, what is the bad food. I think, before, there was a time when they didn't even get it that processed food was hurting them. Now, I think they get that, but the big enemies to switching over to good food are convenience. — Mark Bittman

Young people are always demanding respect instead of trying to earn it. In my day, respect was something to strive for. Something to be given, not taken. — Helen Simonson

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate. — Henry Fielding

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have. — Juvenal