Tony Padilla Quotes & Sayings

The most disgusting, appalling horror of our world that we live in, to me, is sex trafficking and the enslavement of men and women, boys and girls, in the sex industry. That is the most horrific, horrific thing that's happening and it's happening in all of our towns here in Los Angeles, in New York, in London, in Paris, all over the world, and I think that's really what has to be addressed. — Taylor Hackford

We are constantly murmuring, muttering, scheming, or wondering to ourselves under our breath," wrote Epstein. " 'I like this. I don't like that. She hurt me. How can I get that? More of this, no more of that.' Much of our inner dialogue is this constant reaction to experience by a selfish, childish protagonist. None of us has moved very far from the seven-year-old who vigilantly watches to see who got more." There were also delightful passages about the human tendency to lurch headlong from one pleasurable experience to the next without ever achieving satisfaction. Epstein totally nailed my habit of hunting around my plate for the next bite before I'd tasted what was in my mouth. As he described it, "I do not want to experience the fading of the flavor - the colorless, cottony pulp that succeeds that spectacular burst over my taste buds." Prior — Dan Harris

I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets it. — Chris Hardwick

(Bob) Feller isn't quite as fast as I was. — Walter Johnson

Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead. — Rebecca Wells

I called it Rockabilly 'cause I was rocking the strums, which you're not supposed to do. — Dick Dale

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked. — David

My passion has always been books and literature, and teaching. — Azar Nafisi

I have the ability to go back to the old days with the boys and remember what it was like playing music. I have that real connection to the feeling of playing music as a young man. I do. I can almost touch it. — Joel Plaskett

How you answer the question, whether individuals should be persuaded to live their whole lives in a state of chemical dependency, first upon contraceptive steroids and then on replacement therapy, depends upon your regard for the autonomy of the individual. If men would not live their lives this way, why should women? — Germaine Greer

I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across! — Diana Wynne Jones

When today's young woman says she isn't a feminist what she means is she isn't a lesbian and she doesn't hate men, she likes to wear make-up and she enjoys a laugh. In which she is no different from many an early feminist. — Fay Weldon

Remember that just because major publishing is having trouble, that doesn't mean people have stopped reading books. Printed books won't go away, but ebooks won't go away, either. — David Morrell

Parenting, when it is pursued seriously and thoughtfully, is not only life's most important career, but its most joyful and fulfilling career. — Linda Eyre

Information may travel at light speed, but meaning spreads at the speed of dark. — Richard Powers