Revamping Old Quotes & Sayings

Snowden's itinerary does, however, seem to bear the fingerprints of Julian Assange. Assange was often quick to criticise the US and other western nations when they abused human rights. But he was reluctant to speak out against governments that supported his personal efforts to avoid extradition. — Luke Harding

Great is the faith of the flush of knowledge and of the investigation of the depths of qualities and things. — Walt Whitman

Republican isolationists had certainly tied the hands of every U.S. president, year after year - berating Franklin Roosevelt in particular and his attempts to ready the nation for inevitable attack. — Nigel Hamilton

This was the man who'd bested her.
This was the man she'd have to kill today. — Sasha Alsberg

I like coming up with new characters. Whether it's revamping an old character no one likes or just coming up with brand-new stuff, that's kind of what excited me as an artist. — Joe Madureira

Fortunately, I find that if a situation is funny or risible enough, I tend to bleed less profusely. — J.D. Salinger

I've always known that I wanted to sing, and I wanted to dance, and I wanted to act. — Alex Newell

Keep your ears open and listen to the whispers of the universe, because they will guide you for the best. — Hina Hashmi

Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority, nationalism and ethnic exclusivism. No less pernicious, though not always as obvious, are the effects of materialistic consumerism, in which the exaltation of the individual and the selfish satisfaction of personal aspirations become the ultimate goal of life. In this outlook, the negative effects on others are considered completely irrelevant. — Pope John Paul II

If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, — H.P. Lovecraft

I get my most creative sort of energy after a show. So I love to go back to the hotel and compose new material. Generally in a rush, exactly. I have to get it out somehow, otherwise I can't sleep, you know. — Jason Mraz

Do not worry too much about your lawn. You will soon find if you haven't already that almost every adult American devotes tremendous time and money to the maintenance of an invasive plant species called turf grass that we can't eat. I encourage you to choose better obsessions. — John Green

They say anticipation makes pleasure more intense. — Iris Johansen

So who else did you convince?"
"Well, I got Joe to potty train himself, and then I convinced Anna to leave the kids at home and go with me on a vacation to Jamaica."
Roy laughed heartily. "Dreams are so funny."
"Yeah, but bold. So bold. Sometimes I wake up and wonder why I'm not as bold as that all the time. I mean, what have we got to lose? — Kim Stanley Robinson

I think the government is incompetent, not evil. — Adam Carolla

The perfect Sunday morning is the family at home, staying in pajamas for half the day and eating a late breakfast. — Christine Taylor