Random Quotes

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.

Tom Allen American Politician

The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.

Friedrich Schiller German Dramatist

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

Carl Sandburg American Poet

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.

Caroline B. Cooney American Writer

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

J. B. Priestley British Writer

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

Van Morrison British Musician

I wasn't really writing with anything commercial in mind I just wanted to create some new music.

Billy Sherwood American Musician

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

David Amram American Composer

We get criticized for showing no personality, then we get penalized when we do.

Lindsay Davenport American Athlete

Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.

Boy George English Musician

Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.

Joe E. Lewis American Comedian

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.

Odysseas Elytis Greek Writer

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

Gene Tierney American Actress

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

Tacitus Roman Historian

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

Charles Dickens English Novelist

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

Immanuel Kant German Philosopher

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

Arthur Scargill British Politician

Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment.

Paul Tsongas American Politician

In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?

Roy H. Williams American Businessman

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

Tahar Ben Jelloun French Poet