Topstone 105 Quotes & Sayings

Chris Claremont once said of Alan Moore, "if he could plot, we'd all have to get together and kill him." Which utterly misses the most compelling part of Alan's writing, the way he develops and expresses ideas and character. Plot does not define story. Plot is the framework within which ideas are explored and personalities and relationships are unfolded. — Warren Ellis

He constructed a shell to hide his aloneness, and it hardened on his back. I know of no sadder story. — Peter Guralnick

We were meant to grow. When we don't grow, we seek diversions
some harmless (if unproductive), others destructive
to fill the emptiness. — Jim Clemmer

The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. — Henrik Ibsen

At least her anger was empowering. Not that it actually empowered her to do anything, but it was more energizing than despair. — Karen McCullah Lutz

A quote from Sacha Guitry came to mind: 'Watching someone sleep is like reading a letter that is not addressed to you. — Antoine Laurain

The distance between the people who made the games and the people playing them wasn't that big. It was the spirit of independence. The programmers were a lot like you. — Jeff Minter

What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing. — Jay Inslee

[Jesus is] saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves. — Anne Lamott

Greed, in the end, fails even the greedy. — Cathryn Louis

New fresh efforts brings new fresh result. — Sunday Adelaja

Dad had once said, Trust your mind, Rob. If it smells like shit but has writing across it that says Happy Birthday and a candle stuck down in it, what is it?
Is there icing on it? he'd said.
Dad had done that thing of squinting his eyes when an answer was not quite there yet. — George Saunders

I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays. — Eric McCormack

To control one's own destiny takes a mastermind. To execute the plans takes a fool. — Daniel Keyes

It's estimated that one million girls in India 'disappear' every year. — Elizabeth Vargas