3 December 2020 P. J. O'Rourke Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.
3 December 2020 Isaac Asimov It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
3 December 2020 Baltasar Gracian Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
3 December 2020 E. O. Wilson I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.
3 December 2020 Roger Ebert I begin to feel like most Americans don’t understand the First Amendment, don’t understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don’t understand that it’s the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.
3 December 2020 Kevin Bacon I didn’t get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.
3 December 2020 Dylan Thomas My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
3 December 2020 Marcus Aurelius Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people’s actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.
3 December 2020 Henry Hazlitt The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.
3 December 2020 Philip Roth Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off the belief it inspires is what counts.
3 December 2020 Danny McBride It’s awesome to see something like ‘Inception’, which is just mind-blowing and amazing, and it actually resonates with the audiences. I feel like that’s rare.
3 December 2020 Leni Riefenstahl The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.
3 December 2020 James Brown Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.
3 December 2020 Tara Lipinski The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
3 December 2020 Tom Vilsack I don’t know if there is a Democrat who necessarily doesn’t believe health care is a right instead of privilege. There is a significant between us and the Republican Party on that issue.
3 December 2020 Karl Rahner The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.
3 December 2020 Max Irons I’ve got my dad’s height and smoking habit. But I think I’ve got my mum’s looks and sensibilities.
