Random Quotes

Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap.

Stanley Crouch American Critic

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

John Muir American Environmentalist

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

Amy Grant American Musician

Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.

Robbie Coltrane Scottish Actor

A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.

Arthur Symons British Poet

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

James Lovelock English Scientist

From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.

Mark Strand American Poet

When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.

Albert Shanker American Educator

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

Theodor Adorno German Philosopher

I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down.

Jim Jarmusch American Director

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, but God to man doth speak in solitude.

John Stuart Blackie Scottish Writer

There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community.

Jeanne Shaheen

The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.

Ugo Betti Italian Playwright

They're saying Arnold will get 95% of the vote. At least according to his brother, Jeb Schwarzenegger.

Craig Kilborn Entertainer

I like movies that challenge people to recognize different things.

Casper Van Dien American Actor

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

William Morris English Designer

I've got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by four o'clock.

Henny Youngman American Comedian

Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women.

Diane Watson American Politician

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel German Poet

The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.

Cory Doctorow Canadian Journalist