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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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 -
Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
Nathan Myhrvold -
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
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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 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
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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 -
If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
Natalie Dormer -
First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.
Gaines Adams -
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
Barney Frank
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The wind which passes through the skins of animals will make men leap up:-That is the bagpipes, which cause men to dance.
Leonardo da Vinci -
My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.
Jane Birkin -
How difficult it is to learn not to see like cameras, which has had such an effect on us. The camera sees everything at once. We don't. There's a hierarchy. Why do I pick out that thing, that thing, that thing?
David Hockney -
Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
Patrick Carney The Black Keys -
How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!
Carlo Collodi -
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