The Guardian Ben Randall Quotes & Sayings

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. — Ellen Hopkins

I'm a believer that things happen. Fate is what happens. — George Carlin

My son, I carry on as if I should never die.' I replied: 'And I carry on as
if I was going to die any minute. — Nikos Kazantzakis

I'm a man more dined against than dining. — Maurice Bowra

On the House Un-American Activities Committee: They'll nail anyone who ever scratched his ass during the National Anthem. — Humphrey Bogart

Except, now that I don't have a car, I can't really make good on my birthday promise."
Sydney thought about it for several moments. "Well. I've got a car."
An hour later, I vowed I'd never make fun of that Mazda again. — Richelle Mead

the truth of all that the Savage now said about the worthlessness of friends who could be turned upon so slight a provocation into persecuting enemies. — Aldous Huxley

Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be.

(Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte) — Robert Southey

You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.' — Zack Snyder

Business of blurring is fantastic. They both are playing the politics of avoidance. They avoid all the issues on corporate power, Iraq, Palestine, Israel, so on and so forth. They avoid all those. That's the politics of avoidance. All the major issues that are so much on people's minds - health care, living wage, public works, jobs - they avoid. — Ralph Nader

I am not a success if all I do is fit into somebody's prescription; its better to stand out and be celebrated for being a definition. The world would prefer to take the bitter pills of an achiever than the sweet chocolates of a mediocre. — Bayode Ojo

A student of mine is an actor, he used to go into these interviews and sometimes not get the part. He was "taken out". Someone would use power in a way that would cause him not to succeed — Frederick Lenz

We're going to Connecticut.' A deep inhale. 'Via a pond dome.' I blinked bit by bit. 'Through the Sound.' I rolled my shoulders. 'I think I should have paid better attention when Mom took me to Sunday school classes. — Scarlett Dawn

I mean, who wants to date a guy who thinks a girl who can't operate a fruit cup is attractive? — Adam Selzer

I know they're gonna talk about me in my absence. If its bad, am gonna hear it through grapevine. — Shreya Gupta