The Innocents 1961 Quotes & Sayings

The intellectualist philosopher who wants to hold words to their precise meaning, and uses them as the countless little tools of clear thinking, is bound to be surprised by the poet's daring. And yet a syncretism of sensitivity keeps words from crystallizing into perfect solids. Unexpected adjectives collect about the focal meaning of the noun. A new environment allows the word to enter not only into one's thoughts, but also into one's daydreams. Language dreams. — Gaston Bachelard

Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are on American highways. This is not rocket science. We know how to prevent this, and 36 states do. — Byron Dorgan

Ladies seemed to live in faint horror of men, seemed unwilling to approve wholeheartedly of them. But I liked them. There was something about them, no matter how much they cussed and drank and gambled and chewed; no matter how undelectable they were, there was something about them that I instinctively liked — Harper Lee

Emotional cutters cut where it caused the deepest wound. — V. Theia

I usually have an idea that I want to build on and let the music take me where I wanna go. — Rick Ross

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time. — William Shatner

Gemma~Was he really looking at me that way?

Kartik~What way?

Gemma~Like a piece of ripe fruit?

Katrik~You'd best be on your guard with him. — Libba Bray

Writing is the flip side of sex - it's good only when it's over. — Hunter S. Thompson

Guilty conscience is the number one liar and the producer of suspicion. — ABC

Usually you regret the things you say no to. — Jim Carrey

The government can always rescue the markets or interfere with contract law whenever it deems convenient with little or no apparent cost. (Investors believe this now and, worse still, the government believes it as well. We are probably doomed to a lasting legacy of government tampering with financial markets and the economy, which is likely to create the mother of all moral hazards. The government is blissfully unaware of the wisdom of Friedrich Hayek: "The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.") — Seth Klarman

The ideal was the light; the real, the shadow. — Philip Jose Farmer

I'm obviously younger, much better looking [then Jeorge W.Bush].He didn't veto things, he didn't bring order and fiscal restraint. — Stephen Colbert

Blessed with some success, so I'mma try my best to live my life right. When I see God, he'll be impressed. — Mac Miller

No matter what happened yesterday it is insignificant when compared to what lies within the core of your being today. — Sandy Brewer