Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, ‘Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.’ Woody Harrelson Read Quote
People sometimes tell me that I don’t talk or act or look like a metal fan. Well, what does a metal fan look like? I’ve found people from all walks of life who love metal. Eddie Trunk Read Quote
Government is really successful when it’s willing to make big, bold objectives, like, ‘We’re going to get to the moon.’ But without leaders with big ideas, we get stuck. Bill Maris Read Quote
Some have called Afghanistan ‘the graveyard of empires,’ and it probably is the graveyard of empires. James G. Stavridis Read Quote
Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date. Ann Richards Read Quote
I grew up with a concept of cinema as a directorial thing, meaning the director is allowed to sail the ship. Not a dictatorial thing. Luca Guadagnino Read Quote
Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting. Jane Smiley Read Quote
