Tillis Senate Quotes & Sayings

Do you wanna know the secret to picking the right guy? All you need to do is to find one that makes you laugh and keep him. I may be 72 years old, but, in my head, I'm still the same young madcap I was at 20, and my wife and I have been together for as long as I can remember! — Someone

She took her mind away with a wrench from the recollection of the past to the bright serene contemplation of the hopeful future. — Elizabeth Gaskell

In Varieties of Religious Experience, William James says that for an experience to be visionary or ecstatic it must be passive (that is, it must happen to us - it cannot be induced); it must, perforce, be transient, fleet, swift; it must be noetic (that is, it must inspire a sense of new or profound knowing); and it must be ineffable, beyond the reach of words. — Lisa R. Spaar

What do Americans know about morality? They don't want their presidents to have penises but they don't mind if their presidents covertly arrange to support the Nicaraguan rebel forces after Congress has restricted such aid; they don't want their presidents to deceive their wives but they don't mind if their presidents deceive Congress- lie to the people and violate the people's constitution! — John Irving

Because somehow, in these houses with all the wires, nothing is actually worth doing unless it is seen by other people. — Anonymous

Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century. — Kate Williams

In the history of risk taking, had there ever been a better reason to take a chance than genuine, heart-pounding, scary-ass love? — Nicki Elson

The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals. — Harold Laski

Ideas without precedent are generally looked upon with disfavor and men are shocked if their conceptions of an orderly world challenged. — J Harlen Bretz

My favorite involves you wearing your black dominatrix boots."
"What else am I wearing?"
"Nothing."
"What are you wearing?"
"A hard-on and a smile. — Rachel Gibson

It was always disconcerting to meet those who had become so obsessed with a single topic that they could not see their concerns in context. — Alexander McCall Smith

He's a funny man, Dumbledore. I think he sort of wanted to give me a chance. I think he knows more or less everything that goes on here, you know. I reckon he had a pretty good idea we were going to try, and instead of stopping us, he just taught us enough to help. I don't think it was an accident he let me find out how the Mirror worked. It's almost like he thought I had the right to face Voldemort if I could ... — J.K. Rowling

You've got to go out there and do your things. Whatever comes your way, you jump on it, and like anything, that's how you get your experience. — Frank Grillo

The kind of noise that made your skin crawl and made you press your hands to your ears and pray it went away. — James Dashner

Woody Allen, that was a dream come true, although I never really talked to him. Auditioning was fun, because you don't really hear much about the script. They just said, "They want a Woody Allen type," so of course I got the call. — Peter Jacobson