Skevington Systems Quotes & Sayings

Larkin Schoendienst had told Betsy that in DC there were two ways to murder policy without appearing to have committed a crime. One was cobwebbing, in which a person with an idea--usually a young and bright person with a good, new idea--would fall victim to the surrounding bureaucrats, who would exclaim, 'Why, that's a good idea!' and throw out a web of reporting requirements, consulting requirements, or new budgeting procedures. Soon the person and his idea would be totally immobilized by a shimmering silken cocoon, to be put away and devoured another day.

The second method was the interagency task force. — Neal Stephenson

What, whom we put our hope in determines our stability! EL — Evinda Lepins

i'm pretty much fucked. — Andy Weir

The kingdoms of Africa and Mesopotamia, machine gunning your body with depleted uranium, this is the age of microchips and titanium, the dark side of the moon, and contact with aliens. — Immortal Technique

I didn't get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point. — Tina Fey

A man cannot get rid of the responsibility, for his own actions. — Leo Tolstoy

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke? — Rita Rudner

We are going to have that thing everyone talks about, that indescribable, indefinable thing that everybody wants to find...Here's to endless stargazing. — Ella Harper

Breathtaking.
That was the word, Liv decided, which had convinced her to wear the ludicrous outfit, because no one - not the one, solitary boyfriend she'd had during high school, or the leering frat boys she avoided at college parties - had ever spoken to her with such reverence. And with Xander beaming down at her, she did feel beautiful. — Danika Stone

People are building communities of people who use video. They're sharing them. YouTube's traffic continues to grow very quickly. — Eric Schmidt

The indispensable requirement for a good newspaperman - as eager to tell a lie as the truth. — Norman Mailer

A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

I love to do comedy, and I don't think of things as drama or comedy. I think that if it's a funny line, it's a funny line. If it's a funny moment, it's a funny moment. — Kathy Baker

I have a lot of memories, but I don't go into capitalizing on that. Something's got to be my own. I'm not doing the record to sit here and broadcast my memories of my father. — Lisa Marie Presley