Tomasky Beast Quotes & Sayings

Just because you really like something, doesn't mean you can do it. — Tina P. Schwartz

According to a new poll, nearly six out of 10 Republicans want Mitt Romney to run for president. So do 10 out of 10 Democrats. — Conan O'Brien

It's unfortunate that we live in such a panicked, dysmorphic society where women don't even give themselves a chance to see what they'll look like as older persons. I want to have some idea of what I'll look like before I start cleaning the slates. — Julia Roberts

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. — Herbert Hoover

Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne d'Arc, a saint. He was a martyr. — Ezra Pound

The world is like a great big overcoat, and it needs pockets of various shapes and sizes. — Haruki Murakami

I would be ready to become a dad if I was with the right person. I'd like a boy, though. Because they're in charge. — Mario Balotelli

All bands eventually break up because of one or more of the four P's: power, property, prestiege, pussy. — Dave Mustaine

Unshakable faith is only that which can face reason in all human epochs. — Allan Kardec

For me, it's always a little sad getting out of bed. Every morning after I get up, I always gaze longingly at my bed and lament, 'You were wonderful last night. I didn't want it to end. I can't wait to see you again. — Jim Gaffigan

I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me. — Reggie Watts

Any mode of thought that lays out complete and final answers to great existential questions is liable to dogmatism. A great attraction of care ethics, I think, is its refusal to encode or construct a catalog of principles and rules. One who cares must meet the cared-for just as he or she is, as a whole human being with individual needs and interests. [...] At most, it directs us to attend, to listen, and to respond as positively as possible. [...] it recognizes that virtually all human beings desire not to be hurt, and this gives us something close to an absolute: We should not inflict deliberate hurt or pain. Even when we must fight to save our children, we must not inflict unnecessary or deliberate pain. — Nel Noddings

She knew her husband would never stray, so highly did he value that which he'd waited nearly six thousand years to know, so precious was it to him: love. She knew he would be there with her until the very end, that he would cherish each wrinkle, every line in her face, because in the final analysis they were not a negation of life but an affirmation of a life well lived. Proof positive of laughter and tears, of joy and grief, of passion, of living. — Karen Marie Moning

And if he's the sun finally on your horizon, I'm naming my first boy after him. Which, admittedly, is not a hardship since his name is badass and not Herbert. But, still. — Kristen Ashley