Unvirtuously Quotes & Sayings

Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is the family's practice as well as its theory. Even with today's scattershot patterns of marriage and parenting, a family is collectivist to a more than North Korean degree. — P. J. O'Rourke

Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying, and trying now. Gamers don't sit around. — Jane McGonigal

It was one of those days when I was thinking too much, too fast. Only it was more like the thoughts had a mind of their own and going all by themselves at a hundred miles a second, and I was just sitting back, feeling the growing paranoia inside of me. — Sasha Mizaree

The real problem, both in discussions of mass shootings and in discussions of gun control, is that too many people are too committed to a vision to allow mere facts to interfere with their beliefs, and the sense of superiority that those beliefs give them. — Thomas Sowell

Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world. — Arthur Miller

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"Oh, you're awake already," said Cinder, returning with salve and gauze. "I was hoping you'd stay knocked out awhile longer. The peace and quiet was a pleasant change. — Marissa Meyer

Though my conduct on the 10th of August 1792 was the act of my life of which I have most reason to be proud, I will here merely do homage to the worthy martyrs of the national sovereignty and the sworn laws, who, while they supported constitutional royalty, manifested the highest degree of republican virtue. — Marquis De Lafayette

At home, she sulked with extravagance, and I learned early that silence was anything but peaceful. She was always upset about some slight, real or imagined, and more than capable of creating a full-blown crisis out of thin air. — Sara Gruen

That's your solution? Have a cookie?' Astrid asked. 'No, my solution is to run down to the beach and hide out until this is all over,' Sam said. 'But a cookie never hurts. — Michael Grant

Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone. — Jennifer Beals

So many people focus on who they will be that they never get around to figuring out who they are. — Shannon L. Alder

The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition. — George Orwell

The secret of marriage is thinking that your partner is better than yourself. — Molly Peacock

People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.' — Natalie Massenet

I'm a big fan of the movies of the '60s, more than a fan of the movies of the '70s. — Christopher McQuarrie