Schaaksite Quotes & Sayings

I think people assumed because of my last name that I was a real right-winger. And if you cared to look at my writing, you would be hard pressed to deduce that I'm an ideological right-winger. — Christopher Buckley

You know how when you read a book and it becomes a movie, and it's different than you pictured? In some ways, acting is a lot like that. — Morgan Saylor

There are no pessimists; there are only realists and liars. — Paul Virilio

To me, being brave is an element that is so important with stand-up comedy. It's not essential. There are many comics who were just funny, and that's fine, too. But that's never been what I was trying to do in comedy. I was always trying to do something that involved not pandering to the audience. — Bill Maher

You put on this set of goggles, and within seconds, your brain is convinced you're now in a different, virtual environment. You're somewhere else, and that somewhere else may be a video game, it may be in a real-time movie, a museum exhibit, or a medical surgical training app. — Brendan Iribe

All my life
I have been restless-
I have felt there is something
more wonderful than gloss-
than wholeness-
than staying at home. — Mary Oliver

Drinking is fun! It makes me feel horrible and sexy! — Warren Ellis

Scientists have just built the world's biggest supercollider, and they're doing experiments to see what makes up protons. I hope that if the experiment's successful, the whole of our reality will dissolve, and a big sign will up come that says: Level Two. — Frankie Boyle

In our young days, when Modigliani and I first came to Paris, in 1906, nobody was very clear about ideas. But unconsciously, we knew quite a lot of things, of which we became aware later on. — Gino Severini

Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs. — Galileo Galilei

It was difficult being so far away from everything she loved. But here, she had Edward and Alice and her work. And now it seems she might have a cowboy to follow around. "A cowboy? I'm a city girl ... What will I do with a cowboy?"
Then her thoughts drifted back to the cowboy who sauntered in like he owned Tucson. — Mary J. McCoy-Dressel