Reptiles Alive Quotes & Sayings

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. — Lester B. Pearson

Religion is a personal, private matter and parents, not public school officials, should decide their children's religious training. We should not have teacher-led prayers in public schools, and school officials should never favor one religion over another, or favor religion over no religion (or vice versa). I also believe that schools should not restrict students' religious liberties. The free exercise of faith is the fundamental right of every American, and that right doesn't stop at the schoolhouse door. — George W. Bush

For example, in a topic we'll revisit in more depth later, breaking up with someone via text seems pretty brutal to people of my generation, but when we interviewed younger people, several said their breakups happened exclusively by text. For younger generations, who knows what texts lie ahead? THE — Aziz Ansari

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives. — Lemony Snicket

The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity. — Bernard Crick

I'm 50-50 on glamour stuff. I'd rather put on a pair of jeans and get on my Harley and act like a guy. — Charlize Theron

It's always a tough call deciding whether, as a scientist, you should argue publicly with the creationists. It's a dilemma that I encounter frequently in another subject area: Does it make sense to bandy words with someone from the UFO community? — Seth Shostak

I speak without reservation, from what I know and who I am. I do so with the understanding that all people should have the right to offer their voices to the chorus whether the result is harmony or dissonance. The worldsong is a colorless dirge without the differences that distinguish us, and it is that difference which should be celebrated not condemned. — Ani DiFranco

Loss, this was what he felt. Loss and deprivation. One man owns, another man craves - the craving far more passionate than the dull pleasures of ownership. How galling not to have when you were the type who deserved to have - yes, deserved. — Anthony McCarten

A writer is a writer when he says he is. — Steven Pressfield

I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit. — Ben Bradlee

I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chronology. It's like groping along in the dark. I like writing and find it challenging, but I don't find it easy. — Joyce Carol Oates

If someone gave you a device with which you could see entire worlds just by holding it in front of your eyes, worlds of such beauty and complexity that they took your breath away ... wouldn't you want to show this device to everyone you knew? — Ann Patchett