The Seafarer Conor Mcpherson Quotes & Sayings

Recognising that an ostentatious cult of heroism and state service served an important propaganda function for the British elite does not mean, of course, that we should dismiss it as artificial or insincere. All aristocracies have a strong military tradition, and for many British patricians the protracted warfare of the period was a godsend. It gave them a job, and, more important, a purpose, an opportunity to carry out what they had been trained to do since childhood: ride horses, fire guns, exercise their undoubted physical courage and tell other people what to do. — Linda Colley

America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. — Alexis De Tocqueville

The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that's on a good day. — Robert De Niro

I swore I'd never become some lord's brainless arm ornament and political host, but I've become far worse. I'm a glorified housekeeper and sperm donor.
-from the journal of Payton Marcus Townsend. — J.L. Langley

Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments. — Bella Abzug

People like Marilyn Monroe, Cindy Crawford and Pamela Anderson have done Playboy, and look at their careers! — Danielle O'Hara

I always say that a girl never really looks as well as she does on board a steamship, or even a yacht. — Anita Loos

Were it my choice, I would not vote for Russia to hold the Winter Olympics or the Summer Olympics. But it's not my choice. — Mitt Romney

You take a 98-percent concentration of fuming nitric acid and add the acid to three times that amount of sulfuric acid. Do this in an ice bath. Then add glycerin drop-by-drop with an eye dropper. You have nitroglycerin. — Chuck Palahniuk

There is a strong possibility I will release another volume of ARTPOP and I'm really hoping that it's soon. — Lady Gaga

I utter this word with deepest affection and from the very bottom of my heart. — Giuseppe Garibaldi