Zanzinger Huntington Quotes & Sayings

When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's why I believe in the wonderful Claud Cockburn dictum, 'Never believe anything until it is officially denied.' It has certainly been my experience. — John Pilger

When a theological world view dominated, deviance was sin; when the nation-states emerged from the decay of feudalism, most deviance became designated as crime; and in our own scientifically oriented world, various forms of deviance are designated increasingly as medical problems. Thus we view the medical paradigm as the ascending paradigm for deviance designations in our postindustrial society. — Peter Conrad

They were tales of commonplace courage and optimism, for I knew from my own experience that everyday virtues endure best, and that quiet courage is worth more than the grandest derring-do. — Nancy Atherton

From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?] — John Harington

I made one untitled piece. — Damien Hirst

There are no trifles in the moral universe of God. Speak me a word to-day; ? it shall go ringing on through the ages. — William Morley Punshon

But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure. — Kahlil Gibran

If you don't like Beyonce, then it's hard for me to trust you. It's like not liking world peace. — Seinabo Sey

The association of books with their readers is unlike any other between objects and their users. — Alberto Manguel

I watch for emergent technologies and pay attention to what people say they'll be good for, then see what we actually use them for. It never occurred to me that a tiny telephone with a wireless transceiver would do whatever it is that it's done to us. — William Gibson

She looked like the great grandmother of every whore in the world. The devil got his money's worth that night.
Postman always rings twice, James Cain. — James M. Cain

I always feel very grateful when someone offers me a job. — Jeremy Sisto

It is always one's stance upon uncertain ground that invites the attentions of one's enemies. Or discourages it. — Cormac McCarthy

My only regret is that I'm going before that rat, Robespierre! [to his executioner] Don't forget to show my head to the people; it's well worth seeing. — Georges Danton

Never be afraid of the PROCESS that will take you to the PROMISE — Joe Joe Dawson