Supped Def Quotes & Sayings

Composing is improvisation slowed down. — Wayne Shorter

So far I'm not seeing a lot of difference between me and a carnival con-man. — Richelle Mead

Again and again a man would tell me about early childhood feelings of emotional exuberance, of unrepressed joy, of feeling connected to life and to other people, and then a rupture happened, a disconnect, and that feeling of being loved, of being embraced, was gone. Somehow the test of manhood, men told me, was the willingness to accept this loss, to not speak it even in private grief. Sadly, tragically, these men in great numbers were remembering a primal moment of heartbreak and heartache: the moment that they were compelled to give up their right to feel, to love, in order to take their place as patriarchal men. — Bell Hooks

There are these two kinds of patriotism. There's blind patriotism, unflagging patriotism. And then there's the patriotism that says I live in a democracy and it's very important for the health and the life of this democracy that it get better all the time, not get worse. — Norman Mailer

The author of haiku should be absent, and only the haiku present. — Anne Bancroft

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself. — Gerald R. Ford

Yes, I am very prolific. — Patrice Leconte

Jace's eyes sparkled, but he said calmly, "Not at all. the Silent Brothers can help her retrieve her memories."
"You hate the Silent Brothers," protested Isabelle.
"I don't hate them," said Jace candidly."I'm afraid of them. It's not the same thing."
"I thought you said they were libarians," said Clary.
"They are librarians."
Simon whistled. "Those must be some killer late fees. — Cassandra Clare

To DNA, our most complex programming projects are like pocket calculators. — Randall Munroe

I would love to see a fundamental re-thinking of whether we truly want to be the world's largest debtor nation, feeding an insatiable desire for mall-crawling with cheaply made crap from all over the world. — Denis Hayes

I don't do a lot of collaborations that I don't believe in. Actually, I don't do any collaborations that I don't believe in. — Janelle Monae

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him. — Horace

Did they know - the young and fearless - what a miraculous thing it was to have all of anyone? — Nora Roberts