Christopher Buckley Quotes
I voted for Barack Obama largely on the basis of his temperament, which I thought superior. He is only 47 years old, but to me seemed older than that: a man of precocious aspect and judgment.
Quotes to Explore
-
What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that's what we did.
-
I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
-
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
-
Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
-
Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
-
I am a writer of the textbooks of scientology.
-
I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
-
I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
-
The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
-
What is cool today is not going to be cool tomorrow, and what wasn't cool yesterday is going to be cool tomorrow.
-
Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.
-
I've tried to go out of my comfort zone to experiment with comedy onscreen.
-
I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.
-
I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.
-
Disconnection or alienation from the past has political consequences.
-
I'm trying to cultivate a long-term career rather than get every job right this minute. That'd be putting too much pressure on myself. I'd go crazy if I thought like that.
-
We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.
-
Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than the will Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still. Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Pray for us now and at the hour of our death.
-
Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
-
I was crashing with a boyfriend on his couch in Fort Green. At first, I was temping - insurance agencies, nonprofits - and then, in between temping, I was going on job interviews, and I could name 12 publications, some of which no longer exist, that didn't even call me back or interviewed me and had no interest.
-
The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.
-
It is every one's sacred duty to keep himself in a condition to do the biggest thing possible to him.
-
The wonderful thing about Gilda Radner was that she was not a person who disappointed.
-
I voted for Barack Obama largely on the basis of his temperament, which I thought superior. He is only 47 years old, but to me seemed older than that: a man of precocious aspect and judgment.
