One of the interesting things about quoting in an artwork is that there is a repeated confusion about who is speaking – one essentially becomes the author of a quote one uses. Glenn Ligon Read Quote
Some people ask me whether I’m a ‘mama’s girl’ or a ‘papa’s girl.’ I’m nobody’s girl. My brother clings to our parents; I’m the one shoving them out the door. Hayden Panettiere Read Quote
Again like Williams, with the emphasis now regrettable, when a man makes a poem, makes it mind you, he takes the words as he finds them lying interrelated about him. Robert Creeley Read Quote
Americans are blessed with a can-do spirit – we don’t give up, even in the face of a daunting challenge like a life-threatening illness. Alex Azar Read Quote
I met my wife in Bombay at an official function. And then we courted for three years. That’s a great old term, ‘courting.’ And we had to do it quietly, of course, because you would know the difficulties one might have with Indian parents. She was advised by her father that people in the West don’t take marriage seriously. Glenn Turner Read Quote
I didn’t feel compromised as an actor, and allowed other people’s fingerprints all over that aspect. Gregory Harrison Read Quote
Folks like me have to feel a little indebted to the communities that they came from. And if they do, I think we’ll start to see a little bit more of a geographic integration in the country because people will start to think, ‘You know what? I owe that place something, and I should return to it in one form or another.’ J. D. Vance Read Quote
Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can’t face it head-on. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
Many writers, including myself, have detailed how irresponsible government actions slow economic recoveries. Similar behavior by individuals impedes growth, too. If you can’t find someone reliable to do a deal with, you simply don’t do the deal at all. Amity Shlaes Read Quote