Potosky Quotes & Sayings

The Iranians don't intimidate! They're like the Vietnamese and the Iraqis. You want to start a war with them? They'll still be fighting in fifty years! — Ted Turner

There's an imp inside me, and if I don't let him out to make some mischief now and then, the world just gets too damned dull. I hate feeling grumpy and bored. I'm an enthusiast, and the more dangerous my life becomes, the happier I am. — Paul Auster

We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our happiness. — Rose Philippine Duchesne

I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the Moon. I had no friends, I couldn't speak the language. I was very isolated. — Jean Alesi

The problem with 'the crown jewel of Chinese literature' [Dream of the Red Chamber] is that it has two thousand pages and an equal number of characters, and the hero is an effeminate ass who should have either been spanked or decapitated, both ends being equally objectionable. — Barry Hughart

When one does not feel life or death, it's the best future. — Sylvia Chang

What got repressed-sometimes viciously repressed-by the strategy-concept makers, consultants, and data gatherers was a consciousness of people and their importance in the creation and execution of any strategy. — Walter Kiechel

A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched. — Will Rogers

Yes, Isaac Taylor, who has just published 'The World of Mind,' is the Isaac Taylor, author of the 'Natural History of Enthusiasm.' I dare say by this time there is a want of fatty particles in his brain. — George Eliot

A little-known truth: Every aspect of the world is fundamentally unpredictable. Computer scientists have long since proved this. — Rudy Rucker

Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. — Ben Lindsey