Sydney Huffman Quotes & Sayings

Literature is being taught as though it were only political medicine or political poison-a view that is not only illiberal but illiterate. — Louis Menand

Those times are over and gone, and good riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we're the tick-waisted generation, dragging along our children behind us and carrying our parents on our backs. And we're in charge, while the figures who used to command our respect are wasting away. — Gregory Maguire

The nobility of what humans could be capable of, if only they weren't human. — James Carroll

My one guiding rule for success in the film world would be, be careful of your friends. — Paul Haggis

For the first time in a decade I felt a voice rising from deep inside my soul. It cried out 'what will you be today?' and I heard 'relentless' booming from the rafters inside an old gym as Sami and a group of young men chased dreams and trophies while their fathers went to war. — Tucker Elliot

Pertini has interpreted as their best the worst about Italians. — Indro Montanelli

Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient explanations of the obvious, fleeting allusions to the unthinkable. As a preliminary, the conversationalist must gauge the mood, the intelligence and the verbal facility of the company. To this end, a few words of pedantic exposition often prove invaluable. — Jack Vance

The trick about the theater is at the end of the day you cannot take any of it personally. — William Ivey Long

Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was like living a childhood fantasy. — George Michael

I want you to say it, so I know you'll never forget. I want to hear you say my name. — Leslea Tash

Combat forces of the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Poland, and other countries enforced the demands of the United Nations, ended the rule of Saddam Hussein - and the people of Iraq are free. — George W. Bush