Charlie Pierce Quotes
There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that 'the government' is really the most basic product of our political commonwealth, that it is what we produce among ourselves so as to order the production of everything else that we do together.Charlie Pierce
Quotes to Explore
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
Walter Scott -
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
Sam Harris -
Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
T. S. Eliot -
After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.
Adam DeVine -
This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
Sam Graves -
Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
Nathan Myhrvold
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
Lara Logan -
This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
Jack Vance -
Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
Brown Campbell -
Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
Yoko Ono -
I'm an all-or-nothing person.
Taylor Kitsch -
I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
Gary Shteyngart
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
Adam Ferrara -
I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
Laura Amy Schlitz -
We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
Zac Brown Band -
Michael Jackson and I talk all the time. I think we understand each other in a way that most people can't understand either of us.
Macaulay Culkin -
I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
Walter Alston -
Music is changing so quickly, and the landscape of the music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment.
Taylor Swift
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People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top.
Dawn Steel -
President Obama has shelled out more in federal spending than the five presidents that came before him.
Elizabeth Flock -
Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.
William Broad Generation X -
The writer, the poet, the novelist, are all creators. This does not mean that they invent language; it means that they use language to create beauty, ideas, images. This is why we cannot do without them.
J. M. G. Le Clezio -
I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.
Chiranjeevi -
There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that 'the government' is really the most basic product of our political commonwealth, that it is what we produce among ourselves so as to order the production of everything else that we do together.
Charlie Pierce