Rigell Congressman Quotes & Sayings

Unforgettable
Poets should not be loyal to poets,
but to poems.
Even less enamored of the poem
than of the line.
Pledge their fealty not as much to a line
as to its original image,
For it is that indelible image
makes the line,
which makes poem,
which makes the poet
unforgettable. — Beryl Dov

Since the rise of Homo sapiens, human beings have been the smartest minds around. But very shortly - on a historical scale, that is - we can expect technology to break the upper bound on intelligence that has held for the last few tens of thousands of years. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

I started life washing cars in Canada before moving on to selling life insurance and vacuum cleaners. Later, I went through a programme by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, which literally changed my life. It was the turning point. — Shiv Khera

I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act. — Imelda Marcos

So that would be my input and I'd go off and I'd work on another film, and then I'd catch up with them later on in the year. We just kind of nursed the piece along. There was no timeframe. We didn't have anyone pushing us except ourselves to make the film, and a desire. And then the organic kind of naming of Roger; then it happened really fast. — Pierce Brosnan

When a man drowns himself in work, it's because he's trying to escape from something. You ought to have a hobby. — Ayn Rand

He kissed her so gently she wondered if she had imagined it. She pulled back slightly, to look into his eyes. And then there was a shot. — Jodi Picoult

Maybe exercise and sport can be something we do for ourselves. For fun! For Happiness! For clear thinking! Because physical activity should be something integral to our being alive. And it is the essential part that really concerns us here, not the bit about how many millimetres it might shave off your inside thigh measurements. — Anna Kessel

Break not the will of the young, but guide it to right ends. — John Lancaster Spalding

People who watch 'Fox News,' you may say, and this is anecdotal, but they are passionate about it. In the most unlikely places, like down in Soho where I used to live, people would come up to me and thank me for it. People I didn't know from a bar of soap. People appreciate that at least they're being heard. It is much more watchable. — Rupert Murdoch

You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times. — Tilman J. Fertitta

Canadians are always asking the questions the rest of us are afraid to ask. — Tucker Carlson

It is painful to recall a past intensity, to estimate your distance from the Belsen heap, to make your peace with numbers. Just to get up each morning is to make a kind of peace. — Leonard Cohen

It is best to know when to keep your salami in your pants and when to pull it out, however, and even my priests have had some difficulty with that issue. — Kevin Hearne