Quivered Def Quotes & Sayings

The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship. — Fidel Castro

But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there. — Lasse Hallstrom

When I was younger, I thought I had to shut myself off, work really hard to cry. I learned after a while that that's just not ... You know, often in life, you cry when you're caught off-guard. That's where I need to be when I'm acting, too. — Julianne Moore

Even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated
not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy becomes the measure of abhorrent acts, all sorts of unspeakable crimes somehow become acceptable. I may have found myself on the wrong side of government on torture. But I'm on the right side of history. There are things we should not do, even in the name of national security. One of them, I now firmly believe, is torture. — John Kiriakou

I hit a lot of bad shots, but you just need to laugh about them, be able to have a smile on your face, and just keep moving. — Lorena Ochoa

I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself. — Michael Franti

The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally receive. They apply themselves only to the material side of their art, they learn to jump more or less high, they strive mechanically to execute a number of steps, and like children, who utter a great many words devoid of sense and relation, they execute many phrases of steps devoid of taste and grace. — Jean-Georges Noverre

To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Advertisers are the West's courteous censors. — Naomi Wolf