Spolsky 2010 Quotes & Sayings

Turner sounded his foghorn three times, the Sailor's Farewell. — Anonymous

Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves. — James A. Baldwin

You're the mad one,' I said. 'If you could see yourself, hear your own voice, your music - which of course you play for yourself - you wouldn't see darkness, Nicki. You'd see an illumination that is all your own. Sombre, yes, but light and beauty come together in you in a thousand different patterns. — Anne Rice

He said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. — John Steinbeck

People who are religious should be glad, since not everyone is blessed with the ability to believe in a higher order. — Anne Frank

I love it when I come across a word I don't know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren't smart enough to come along with me. — Aisha Tyler

The worst thing you could do is scare a kid or trick them. Never, ever, ever do that. — Julianne Moore

I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually. — Colette

I didn't need to be the most exciting, beautiful, beloved girl in the world. I just needed not to be me anymore. — Leila Sales

The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else. — John Cleese

Laura was flint in a nest of thistledown.
I say flint, not stone: a flint has a heart of fire. — Margaret Atwood

He said nothing; there was no expression on his face at all. His eyelids were hooded, and I could almost feel the way he was slipping back, away, into that place that was his alone. — Alexandra Bracken