Recollecting Nemasket Quotes & Sayings

Does a banquet really need an asparagus server?" "Does an orchestra need a bassoon? — Amor Towles

It appears to be a re-run of a bad movie. [Iraqi President Saddam Hussein] is delaying. He's deceiving. He's asking for time. He's playing hide-and-seek with inspectors. One thing is for certain - he's not disarming. — George W. Bush

In the ever accelerating world of the Internet, e-campaigning has gone from a novelty to a necessity in less than a year. With increasing sophistication and urgency, campaigns are using the Web as a bulletin board, advertising medium and organizing tool. — Howard Fineman

I find with records, they become what they're going to become. They take on a power and a direction of their own. Part of making records is to honor that and not try to force it. — Emmylou Harris

What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others share them, and in the process of working these through, I hope to entertain. — Sabina Murray

waging war against inane language that circulates almost automatically is a writer's eternal mission, and the day will never come when this battles are unnecessary. — Minae Mizumura

Gold was not altogether certain what, anatomically, a gorge was, but he knew that his was rising. — Joseph Heller

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician. — Jeff Cooper

Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

My thing is personal freedoms: freedoms for the individual to love whom they want, do with what they want. In fact, I want the government out of almost everything. — Rob Lowe

All art is a kind of confession. — James Baldwin

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age. If the part requires somebody a little younger or older, I can probably get away with that. — Angie Dickinson

If in fact your time to be called before God, you typically won't know it. Sometimes you will, and these are the hardest of times: When the blood pours from your nose and down your throat, clogging it, causing you to spit and gag. You heave for breath in the smoke and dust. Your equipment seems to suffocate you. You wipe the salty sweat and grime from your eyes, only to realize that it is blood, either yours or that of the enemy. You would stand, but you can't move your legs. You grasp the open, gaping wounds in your body, trying not to pass out from the pain. You feel the anger thinking of the loved ones you will never see again, and losing your life infuriates your soul. You rage to get to your feet and grab for a weapon, any weapon. Regardless of your race, culture, or religion, you want to die standing, fighting like a warrior, an American, so others won't have to. For those looking for a definition, this is the price of freedom. — Rusty Bradley

Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up. — Gautama Buddha

I don't think Donald Trump should be allowed within 1,000 miles of our shore because he would embolden the EDL on the one hand and fuel the flames of terrorism on the other hand. — Jack Dromey