Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

Robert Morgan

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.

Joyce Carol Oates

In times of trouble leniency becomes crime.

Proverb

Strength is a matter of a made up mind.

John Beecher

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

Rose Byrne

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

Maria Mitchell

There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine yourself to even doing historical revisionist fiction, whatever you want to call it - mash-ups, gimmick lit, absurdist fiction - I don't know if I want to do that anymore.

Seth Grahame-Smith

There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves

Margaret Mead

Value added is a meaningless concept for a retail business, for a bank, for a life insurance company, and for any other business which is not primarily engaged in manufacturing.

Peter Drucker

My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets -- no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!

Philip Roth

She was old too, when she went to school they didn't have history.

Rodney Dangerfield

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Jean Jacques Rousseau