Public discourse degenerated. There’s no longer a place for intelligent debate at universities, where people just work for degrees and careers. My own experience was how my trade union’s lively branch debates dwindled to a few people round cups of coffee. There’s a climate of people frightened to say what they think for fear of offending someone. Claire Fox Read Quote
If there’s a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out. Giancarlo Stanton Read Quote
I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didn’t have any phone service and we didn’t have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed. Kathryn Stockett Read Quote
Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn’t have been a better city to start a journalism career. Irv Kupcinet Read Quote
Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
From the stage I’ve seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour. Adrian Edmondson Read Quote
You can’t get big in hockey. You need to be pliable… they’ve even taken fighting out of the game, so there’s no more of those big huge guys who just fight. Brett Hull Read Quote
I don’t remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away. Mark Haddon Read Quote
