Satirist Mort Quotes & Sayings

I just think that limits the kinds of experiences that people can have with poetry. But, poetry will survive; I don't worry about that. But, I do think that it may save fewer souls if people can't pay attention. — Edward Hirsch

Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine. — Sean Penn

A political satirist's job is to draw blood. I'm not so much interested in politics as I am in overthrowing the government. — Mort Sahl

Loving her was easy, a skill he had picked up methodically until one day he did it without thought. — Sara Raasch

Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and Princeton grads want to live in Chula Vista? — Mike Teti

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed. — Rod Stewart

So, when I thought June might take you away, I didn't know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything that mattered to me. I felt like she was taking away from you all the things that I didn't have. That's why I'm sorry. I'm sorry because you shouldn't have to be everything to me. I had you, but I'd forgotten that I had myself too. — Marie Lu

It would be tedious to attempt a phonetic reproduction of Mr. Sage's utterances. Enough to say that they were genteel to a fantastic degree. "Aye thot Aye heeard somewon teeking may neem in veen," may give some idea of his rendering of the above sentence. Let it go at that. — Anonymous

Did you hear it?"
"Just about," I said, trembling nervously.
"That's not good enough." She frowned. "Just about will kill you. — Darren Shan

Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum. — Don Roff

Meet me inside the Edge of the Icepack penguin enclosure in at four fifteen she says, sounding just like Kim Possible. If Kim Possible ever asked people to meet her inside a penguin enclosures. — Meg Cabot

A true leader is a man who can get people to work together on the points on which they agree and who can persuade others that when they disagree there are peaceful methods to settle their differences. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

I have not gone forward or back in time, but across in time, to something I might have been, playing itself out. — Jeanette Winterson

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit -
It's the keeping your chin up that's hard. — Robert W. Service

Zane threw his head back and laughed. Ty pulled him closer. He loved it when Zane got loose and started enjoying himself. Ty — Abigail Roux

Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire! — Daniel Clowes