Twitherym Quotes & Sayings

I don't panic when I get lost. I just change where I want to go. — Rita Rudner

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual. — Albert Einstein

Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman. — James Russell Lowell

Widmerpool had tidied himself up a little since leaving school, though there was still a kind of exotic drabness about his appearance that seemed to mark him out from the rest of mankind. — Anthony Powell

Playing third base, you rarely have time to get into a great fielding position. It's all about reaction. — Morgan Ensberg

In Egypt, on the eve of Tahrir Square, there was a major poll which found that overwhelmingly - 80-90%, numbers like that - Egyptians regarded the main threats they face as the U.S. and Israel. They don't like Iran - Arabs generally don't like Iran - but they didn't consider it a threat. — Noam Chomsky

The trouble with Earl Barrett is that he's one paced ... Zooommmmm. — Joe Royle

There was no immunity to cuckoo ideas on Earth. — Kurt Vonnegut

Small towns make up for their lack of people by having everyone be more interesting. — Doris "Granny D" Haddock

There is this looking at the world as shapes and patterns and colors that have meaning, and you can't deny the superficial because the superficial is what meets the eye. — Wolfgang Tillmans

Trent, is this a date?"
He didn't reach for the key still in the ignition. "You never told me how your car got impounded."
"Is this a date?" I asked again, more stridently.
Silent, he sat there, his hands on the wheel as he stared at the front door and the neon bowling pins flashing on and off. "I want it to be. — Kim Harrison