I'm not an especially highbrow person, but I have always loved small, quirky, edgy movies.

Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence becomes hopelessly bewildered, drawn off its centers, bored, or atrophied.

James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Fa

I can trust in my parents' love. And it strikes me that is a big thing to trust, a big thing to have had, no matter what else happens.

Ally Condie

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

E. L. Doctorow

Local and regional food systems are about opportunity.

Tom Vilsack

Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.

Steven Pinker

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

Bill Bradley

Barangsiapa muncul di atas masyarakatnya, dia akan selalu menerima tuntutan dari masyarakatnya-masyarakat yang menaikkannya, atau yang membiarkannya naik.... Pohon tinggi dapat banyak angin? Kalau Tuan segan menerima banyak angin, jangan jadi pohon tinggi

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.

Cassandra Clare

Many feel that writers are a dime a dozen, so the goal is to break through and make it to the value of a penny.

Wil Zeus

A wise traveler never depreciates their own country.

Carlo Goldoni

Out in Hollywood, where the streets are paved with Goldwyn, the word

Dorothy Parker, From a speech gi

Like they just wanted to enjoy The Gus Waters Show while it was still in town.

John Green