Random Quotes

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

R. Buckminster Fuller American Inventor

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like.

Rick Moody American Novelist

When you're really poor, everything you see is something you can't have.

Patrick Duncan South African Politician

I'm not really a girlie. I can be once in a while, but then I tend to fall off the heels.

Rhona Mitra British Actress

Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.

Patrice Leconte French Director

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.

David Chalmers American Philosopher

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.

Kathy Acker American Activist

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

Alexander Smith Scottish Poet

The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.

Davy Jones English Musician

Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about.

Catherine Deneuve French Actress

Hey, Ryan, if Sting retires, will he change his name to Stung?

Colin Mochrie Scottish Actor

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.

Franklin P. Jones American Journalist

I taught myself to drive. I hope that the child in me never dies.

Tom Glazer American Musician

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.

Casey Stengel American Athlete

I believe the divine is part of the world, not in a pantheistic way but by way of the movement of the Spirit.

Peter Garrett Australian Musician

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Camille Pissarro French Artist

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.

Norman MacCaig Scottish Poet

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

Helmut Jahn German Architect

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

Abraham Lincoln American President

Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.

P. G. Wodehouse English Writer