Stillested Quotes & Sayings

I spent much of my prison time reading. I must have read over 200 large books, mostly fictional stories about the American pioneers, the Vikings, Mafia, etc. As long as I was engrossed in a book, I was not in prison. Reading was my escape. — Frazier Glenn Miller

A democracy is ... accounted the meanest and worst of all forms of government. — John Winthrop

Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me. — Shakira

A thriving middle class is the source of growth in a technological, capitalist economy. Investing in the middle class is the most pro-business thing you can do. — Nick Hanauer

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time. — Judd Nelson

Speaking to the subject is the most overrated thing in journalism, — David Remnick

Do you really think it's right for a socialist to get what he wants by making a fool of an old woman?' 'I'm earning her a lot of money.' 'I was talking about sex,' said Paul, and Willi said: 'I don't know what you mean.' He didn't. Men are far more unconscious than women about using their sex this way; far less honest. — Doris Lessing

He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early 1970s. — Steve Earle

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life. — John Mason Brown

Atheists often denounce Christianity as harsh and negative. But in reality it offers a much more positive view of the human person than any competing religion or worldview. It is so appealing that adherents of other worldviews keep free-loading the parts they like best. — Nancy Pearcey

I'd rather lie bare-assed naked on the sidewalk and be trampled by tourists from South Dakota than be an accountant. — J.D. Robb