When I got out of the army, I had the G.I. Bill. Since I had no high school education or anything like that, I came to NYU, and they took a chance on me and let me in. Frank McCourt Read Quote
How does a cosmos without a bearded, bathrobed God in the sky pull off all the things that a bearded, bathrobed guy in the sky was supposed to have pulled off? If there was no God who said ‘Let there be light,’ where did we get all that light? Howard Bloom Read Quote
Republicans are so taken by and loyal to Trump that they will believe and do anything he says. Malcolm Nance Read Quote
I have a lot of very happy memories of the Olympic Games, and the final against Nigeria and the goal mean an awful lot to me. Angel Di Maria Read Quote
Film is something I’ve always loved since I was very young. In fact, I actually wanted to study to be a filmmaker when I was younger. Gustavo Santaolalla Read Quote
Dan Brown is a character from ‘Foucault’s Pendulum!’ I invented him. He shares my characters’ fascinations – the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist. Umberto Eco Read Quote
I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly. Sting Read Quote
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field. Alan Dean Foster Read Quote
Fielding has always come naturally to me and I’ve always enjoyed it. While keeping, you’re just standing in one place and I’ve done it so many times so I’ve enjoyed fielding and that’s why I enjoy playing as a batsman. Dinesh Karthik Read Quote
In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and what you become and how you perceive yourself, and it is laden with contradictions, with tension, with anger, with love, with loathing, with angst. Khaled Hosseini Read Quote
