Videogames And Violence Quotes & Sayings

A journalist's job is to collect information," Ovid said to Pete.
"Nope," Pete said. "That's what we do. It's not what they do."
Dellarobia was unready to be pushed out of the conversation just like that. "Then what do you think the news people drive their Jeeps all the way out here for?"
"To shore up the prevailing view of their audience and sponsors."
"Pete takes a dim view of his fellow humans," Ovid said. "He prefers insects.
Dellarobia turned her chair halfway around to face Pete, scraping noisily against the cement floor. "You're saying people only tune in to news they know they're going to agree with?"
"Bingo," said Pete. — Barbara Kingsolver

Certainly no one on-site asked for my opinion, but I have always felt there should be no leftovers. It's untidy, and it shows a lack of a real workmanlike spirit. — Jeff Lindsay

We humans can look deep into future and predict what will happen, but then turn around and do nothing about it. — Daniel Gilbert

I fight the urge to enjoy anything too much in front of him, actually, and now that I'm aware of that fact, my brain gets hung up on why that is. — Tammara Webber

Even a wolf knows how to be polite when animalistic humans have no clue about politeness — Munia Khan

I mean it. When your light is out, Chihiro, I feel so alone I can hardly bear it."

Whenever Nakajima said my name, every single time, it sparkled like a treasure. I had no idea why. Wow - did you see how that flashed? Say it again for me, please!
Only I couldn't tell him that, so I simply replayed his voice, speaking my name, within me. — Banana Yoshimoto

It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?" — Orhan Pamuk

All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury. — Prince Philip

You can't squeeze blood from a turnip. — Cheryl Strayed

The poacher's murderer was a man after Archer's own heart, for Archer also didn't like men to hurt Fire or make her acquaintance. — Kristin Cashore

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

With a car there is always a problem. — Margo Kaufman

Hope is actually rising and refusing to give up ... during your toughest times. — Timothy Pina

The truth is, sir, that men do what their power permits them to do. We are no different from the Pharaohs or the Mongols: the difference is only that when we kill people we feel compelled to pretend that it is for some higher cause. It is this pretence of virtue, I promise you, that will never be forgiven by history. — Amitav Ghosh

On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had something like that where I grew up. We called it a window — Dan Spencer