Reestablishing Control Quotes & Sayings

Unpopular because he was stupid and fat and mean, and smelled like bacon no matter how much he washed. — Kurt Vonnegut

You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver. — Foster Friess

There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route. — Terry Gilliam

pervasiveness of patterns and repetitions from the past. — Richard F. Summers

I like girls, but I prefer having a girlfriend. I like having someone I can spoil. — Harry Styles

One of my favorite games when I was a kid was 'murder/suicide'. Dad would show us a photo and ask us: 'Is it a murder or a suicide ?' — Colleen Doran

I changed his name after I saw this old movie at the Snark. It's called Nosferatu, and it's the original Dracula story. It's ten times as scary as the version you see on television. The guy who plays the vampire is really bizarre. — Daniel Pinkwater

One of the most important skills at [reporting] is not so much what comes out of your mouth but what you hear. To listen. When you interview people, it's very important to understand the nuances of what they're saying and to understand when they have actually made news-when they've told you something that they haven't told anybody else. — Lester Holt

All the broken hearts in the world still beat — Ingrid Michaelson

Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. 'Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion.' Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect."

[I Stand With Charlie Hebdo, as We All Must (Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2015)] — Salman Rushdie

The 'Renaissance' West Butchered the Rest.
If I had to choose between an erudite Aristotle and an unknown 'soulless' black slave I would choose the latter. The ascendancy of the West was on a heap of bodies of slaves and trampled humanity through colonization — Viktor Vijay Kumar

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights. — Joel Osteen

Nobody's heart is perfect. — Margaret Atwood

You are an old soul, fortunately housed in very lovely wrapping. — Michael Callahan