Xlix In Roman Quotes & Sayings

Never underestimate the role pretension plays when it comes to creating euphemistic language. — George Carlin

God is not identified with the world, for he made it; but God is not separate from His world, either. For He made it. — Joseph Sittler

He had liked to listen to the exotic (to a Belsey) chatter of business and money and practical politics; to hear that Equality was a myth, and Multiculturalism was a fatuous dream; he thrilled at the suggestion that Art was a gift from God, blessing only a handful of masters, and most Literature merely a veil for poorly reasoned left-wing ideologies. — Zadie Smith

I've stopped war reporting. I realized that I'd answered all of my questions about war and about myself. — Sebastian Junger

What could be more real than the chemestries of our bodies being in perfect sync? And I don't think I want you, I know it."

~Ethan — Rosalie Lario

Spare the stress on your neck muscles ... Looking backward takes more energy; it's more painful than looking forward! Go ahead! — Israelmore Ayivor

There's more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot of American directors and writers are just trying to copy other American horror films, they don't pick up much in the way that European filmmakers do. — Wes Craven

The State is now more involved than it has ever been in the raising of children, and children are now more neglected, abused, and mistreated than they have been in our time. This is not a coincidence, and, with all due respect, I am here to tell you: It does not take a village to raise a child-it takes a family. — Bob Dole

One Mother's Day, he gave Mom a music box that played the theme from Swan Lake. She cried for days over it. — Karen Joy Fowler

Finally, and definitely the coolest part, is that you get a card from the State Department that gives you diplomatic immunity. I wasn't exactly sure what diplomatic immunity meant, so I asked around to see if I could kill someone. Not someone important, of course, but someone normal - like Doug. I never got a call back on the question so I'm operating under the assumption that I can. — Bob Goff

I'm definitely not the type to have a sing-off. I'm not catty like that. I sing for the right reasons. — Nicole Scherzinger

It's hard to unlock a door with a condom," Emma shot back.
His brilliant smile stole her heart. "Honey, you'd be surprised how many doors those babies have unlocked. — Jami Davenport

It is difficult for my fellow countrymen who have never lived abroad to understand that until a foreign man is about sixty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he'd like to punch an American in the face. Even people like the Chinese, who mostly like us, think of us
at least partly
as loud, fat, poorly dressed, overprivileged, hectoring, naive, arrogant, self-righteous bullies with little knowledge and no interest in any culture other than our own. I once had a conversation with a Japanese journalist who said to me, "You don't seem like an American." When I asked him, slightly hurt, why he said that, he replied, "Because you listen. — Matthew Polly

A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if you're rehearsing, you're working like from 11 to 6 or 11 to 5 and you get to have your whole morning and your whole evening. When you're doing the play, you have all day. — Maggie Gyllenhaal

A man's alibi is the child of his own imagination. It is human nature to defend one's own brain-child. — Napoleon Hill