Unknotting Gold Quotes & Sayings

The private buildings [of Virginia] are very rarely constructed of stone or brick; much the greatest proportion being of scantlingand boards, plastered with lime. It is impossible to devise things more ugly, uncomfortable, and happily more perishable. — Thomas Jefferson

Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management. — Mikhail Gorbachev

You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it. — Taylor Mali

I like situations that force me to rethink things. — Marc Almond

To think of abstraction as an end in itself is undoubtedly letting oneself be led into a cul-de-sac and can only lead to exhaustion and impotence. — Jacob Epstein

I have strong reasons for being a Democrat. Basically if you want true fairness in society, you want to give a voice in the corridors of power for the people who otherwise would not have it, I believe that will come from the Democratic Party. — Jim Webb

Imagine having no chain of titles for cars, no VIN numbers, and no DMV. There'd be total chaos! But that's basically the system for debt. — Jake Halpern

Everyone needs to escape sometimes, and retreating into somebody else's fantasy isn't nearly as satisfying as slipping into your own. — Nenia Campbell

Only a fool would ever claim she was more beautiful than I. The world was full of fools, however. — George R R Martin

For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future. — Francois Jacob

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me. — Jessica Chastain

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. — Herman Wouk