Shortlisted Means Quotes & Sayings

I would rather have peace in the world than be President. — Harry S. Truman

I could not say exactly how Mrs. H managed to catch pregnant. Mayhap Mr. H fired a baby into her from Peru with a better gun than mine. Probably he came home and performed his husbandry and left again before the sun could surprise him at it. — Catherynne M Valente

Our sisters and brothers were picked up in public by local commanders for the purpose of sex and luxury and we could do nothing. — M.F. Moonzajer

When a musical act performs, the black audience goes crazy for all the stuff, the album cuts, everything. White audiences, they're nice and all, but they're not going to lose it until they get the hits. Comedy is the same thing. — Chris Rock

It's a mystery of parenthood that your son can give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a stray, worm-riddled dog, share a piece of re-chewed gum from a kid with bronchitis and pick his nose and eat it on a regular basis, yet won't sit next to his sister because of 'Girl Germs'. — Kathy Lette

So most of what we know now will be disproved or reassessed in the future. That is how science works, not through blind faith, but continual doubt. — Matt Haig