Shauneen Roy Quotes & Sayings

If it looks like art, chances are it's somebody else's art. — Chuck Close

I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves. — Ed Stoppard

I came to Savannah to see where it all began ... where I began. But right now, I swear to God I flew to the other side of the pond just to see Theo in a dirty white T-shirt and faded blue jeans with holes in the knees, a red bandana wrapped around his head, and the most vulnerable look in his blue eyes. — Jewel E. Ann

An economics of systems only-an economics of markets but not of men-is fatally flawed. — George Gilder

Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst. — Elbert Hubbard

When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas. — Willie Nelson

I am a professional performer and I only appear on TV for entertainment or for philanthropic organizations, and I consider this a very serious matter that doesn't fit into either category. — Lionel Stander

Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn. — John Updike

Herein lay the rub. The Americans, like all Western armies, defined "winning" as killing the enemy and securing control over the battlefield. Their opponents in previous conflicts had generally accepted the same definition. Not so the Moros. What was important to them was the struggle and how one conducted oneself, personally and as a people, not necessarily a measurable outcome. They knew from the beginning they were no match for American firepower. It was a one-sided contest, what today is termed "asymmetric warfare," but so what? Their measure was how well one did against the odds, the more overwhelmingly they were against one, the greater the glory. And being that life is transitory anyway, what mattered most was how much courage was shown and how well did one die. The Americans and the Moros were using different score cards for the same game. To the Moros, it was they who had "won. — Robert A. Fulton

Listen for dangerous words. — Timothy Snyder

To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian. — Roseanne Barr

I mean, if we're concerned genuinely with writing, I think we probably get on with our work. I think this is very true of English writers, but perhaps not so true of French writers, who seem to read each other passionately, extensively, and endlessly, and who then talk about it to each other - which is splendid. — William Golding

Love is the poetry of our feelings. But there are some horrible poems. — Antonio Gala

Your happy destiny is unavoidable. — Neale Donald Walsch

You can say 'Thanks,' and you can say 'Thanks a Million' - but any number in between?.. — Demetri Martin