3 December 2020 George William Curtis A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
3 December 2020 Ernest Hemingway Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.
3 December 2020 Leonard Bernstein To achieve great things, two things are needed a plan, and not quite enough time.
3 December 2020 Emilio Estevez We’ve lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let’s not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.
3 December 2020 Ali Smith You never know if you’re a writer. You can’t trust it. If you woke up and said, ‘I’m a writer,’ it would be gone. You wouldn’t see anything for miles – even the dust would be running away.
3 December 2020 J. G. Ballard Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.
3 December 2020 James A. Baldwin Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did.
3 December 2020 Curtis Joseph No matter how many years you play, it’s always something new and exciting. It’s sports, you never know what may happen.
3 December 2020 Michael Lewis The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.
3 December 2020 Bertrand Russell Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
3 December 2020 Will Rogers The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
3 December 2020 Johnny Depp There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It’s really the first time I’ve thought about the future and what it could be.
3 December 2020 John Baldacci All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine.
3 December 2020 Vincent Van Gogh I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.
3 December 2020 Amy Winehouse I know I’m talented, but I wasn’t put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it’s not where it begins and ends.
3 December 2020 Sergei Bubka My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.
3 December 2020 Michael Fassbender We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what’s the worst that can happen?
3 December 2020 Pierre Beaumarchais I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.
3 December 2020 Rick Boucher I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis – one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when I’m travelling.
3 December 2020 Mary Pierce I’m healthy now. I probably wouldn’t say I’m at my best fitness level and I haven’t played that much lately, but I’m healthy and that’s all that matters.
3 December 2020 Esther Williams What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.
3 December 2020 Carre Otis From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn’t learning at the same pace as other kids.
3 December 2020 Clare Boothe Luce They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
