Steyn City Quotes & Sayings

A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances. — Amit Kalantri

Indeed, if I understand this global-warming business correctly, the danger is that the waters will rise and drown the whole of Massachusetts, New York City, Long Island, the California coast and a few big cities on the Great Lakes - in other words, every Democratic enclave will be wiped out leaving only the solid Republican heartland. Politically speaking, for conservatives there's no downside to global warming. — Mark Steyn

As we grow older and mature in each incarnation, we are drawn back to samskaras, to previous interests and pursuits. — Frederick Lenz

A world that becomes more Muslim becomes less everything else. First it's Jews, already abandoning France. Then it's homosexuals, already under siege from gay-bashing in Amsterdam, 'the most tolerant city in Europe'. Then it's uncovered women, targetted for rape in Oslo. And if you don't any longer have any Jews or (officially) any gays or (increasingly) uncovered women, there are always just Christians in general, from Nigeria to Egypt to Pakistan. More space for Islam means less space for everything else, and in the end for you. — Mark Steyn

The world is not so kind, people trap your mind. — Madonna Ciccone

The key to Turkey's success has been its ability to reinvent itself as times change. — Stephen Kinzer

Well, that's because they're wrong and I'm right. No more reading for you. Let's go get some ice cream."
"I don't know if the kitchen has any," Joel said. "It's hard to get in the summers, and - "
"Not from the kitchen, stupid," Melody said, rolling her eyes. "From the parlor out on Knight Street."
"Oh. I've ... never been there."
"What! That's a tragedy."
"Melody, everything is a tragedy to you."
"Not having ice cream," she proclaimed, "is the culmination of all disasters! That's it. No more discussion. We're going. Follow. — Brandon Sanderson

I often find during a day of shooting I will speak in an American accent all day long when I'm doing dialogue. At the end of the day, it often takes an effort when I'm talking to my fiancee to bring my English back just because you're so used to speaking that way. — Henry Cavill

No local church can afford to go without the encouragement and nourishment that will come to it by sending away its best people. — David Penman

Your every unique skills, potentially & expertise will be nothing if you can't express at the perfect place at the perfect moment! — Osama Bin Noor

My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best. — Scott Eastwood

Web-site creation isn't something you learn once and then check off on your to do list. — Jeffrey Veen

Sometimes my work needs to be photographic, sometimes it needs words, sometimes it needs to have a relationship with music, sometimes it needs all three and become a video projection. — Carrie Mae Weems

Gotta concentrate, honey," he smiled, then glanced at her with a wink. "And you looking at me the way you're looking at me really is not helping. — Sibylla Matilde

Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear. — Marquis De Sade

This book is dedicated to Wilbur and Orville Wright, without whom air sickness would still be just a dream. — Dave Barry

Doing something wrong repeatedly does not make it right. — Tim Fargo