Thirlwells Quotes & Sayings

Now is as good a time as any to send up a prayer. — Elsie Hillman-Gordon

My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people that were making music that weren't necessarily very good at their instruments, it was more about the ideas they had than how well they could play and sing. — Doug Martsch

The small Hitlers are around us every day. — Robert Payne

Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people who work for you would say, 'Wow, I didn't know I could do that until I started working with that guy.' — Warren Spector

I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth. — Chuck D

I can get my voicemail transcribed and sent to me as e-mail. I want to be able to have my address book and all my life come up on my TV and video chat. The whole telecommunications experience through a wire is still very relevant. — Brian L. Roberts

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks. — Richard M. Nixon

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community. — Bob Schieffer

Money makes the world go round; however, happiness greases the axle.
Without this lubricant, life will seize. — Paul Van Der Merwe

Everything I do, it's all about making every moment a quality, meaningful moment. — Adrian Grenier

I get asked why there aren't more female directors all the time. I'm kind of reluctant to talk about it. That's not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It's just that there are so many mitigating factors. — Lisa Cholodenko

But Carroll's were more convoluted, and they struck me as funny in a new way:
1) Babies are illogical.
2) Nobody is despised who can manage a crocodile.
3) Illogical persons are despised.
Therefore, babies cannot manage crocodiles.
And:
1) No interesting poems are unpopular among people of real taste.
2) No modern poetry is free from affectation.
3) All of your poems are on the subject of soap bubbles.
4) No affected poetry is popular among people of taste.
5) Only a modern poem would be on the subject of soap bubbles.
Therefore, all your poems are uninteresting. — Steve Martin

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck. — Joss Whedon

An object is frequently not seen, from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any defect of the organ of vision. — Charles Babbage

I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege and warmongering. It suggests arrogance and groupthink. But these connotations are not fixed. It is in our power to reshape them by recalling the best of America. — Eric Liu