Silvey Upholstered Quotes & Sayings

I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed; but to also be able to get off those perches and out of those ivory towers and speak to the real people who make decisions; to speak truth to power and the powerless with lucidity and eloquence. — Michael Eric Dyson

We can't worry about competition. Besides, you aren't competing with anyone but yourself. They have nothing to do with whether you make a good movie or not. — Chris Wedge

The hope is that papal calls for a New Pentecost, which go back to St. John XXIII, and papal calls for a New Evangelization, which go back to Vatican II and especially to St. John Paul II, can come together. Pope Francis' vision is to bring together the reality of a New Pentecost with the urgency of a New Evangelization. — Ralph Martin

Pageantry is a visionary art which has been used, from time immemorial, as a political instrument. — Aldous Huxley

You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid. — Manuel Moroun

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do. — Adelaide Clemens

The past ten years have been about discovering new ways to create, invent, and work together on the Web. The next ten years will be about applying those lessons to the real world. — Chris Anderson