Reevaluated Correct Quotes & Sayings

I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites. — Hugh Laurie

Happiness is a talent like any other. It's another art form. Some people are good at it, some people aren't. — Terri Windling

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one. — Henry Miller

Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the most popular man in the United States. — Duff Green

My gut isn't wrong. Except when it has diarrhea. Then it is very, very wrong. — Sara Wolf

They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing. — Tom Waits

Nothing is worse than a home that is too perfect and done. You have to live in it. — Thom Browne

One thing about beginning writers is that they don't really always know their own strengths and weaknesses - you might think you're bad at characterization, but that might really be because of some issue you're having with another element, which is making it hard for you to express character in a convincing way. — Jeff VanderMeer

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold. — Zahi Hawass

As things grew for me I felt like I was losing myself and wanted to stay true to myself as well. I didn't want to lose any connection I had with the audience. I felt small on a big stage and I felt like I was peaking generically to an audience. — Jason Mraz