Mark Steyn Quotes
The state of our civilization manifests itself both in the non-problems that terrify us beyond all reason - rising sea levels - and in the real problems we pay no heed to [population decline]...In reality, much of the planet will be uninhabited long before it's uninhabitable
Quotes to Explore
-
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
-
I don't have time to sit up and write songs all day. Maybe one day when my kids get older.
-
Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
-
There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
-
If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
-
I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
-
Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
-
I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
-
Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
-
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
-
If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
-
The market for local advertising is in the billions.
-
If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.
-
I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
-
A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
-
Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
-
Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
-
My message to Washington is very simple. Face reality. Be leaders. Demonstrate accountability. Engage in principle compromise. And understand your job is to find solutions.
-
I think that there's a tendency in this town to try to selectively pick snapshots, when the broader reality is that we have a record of results and that we're getting things done for the American people.
-
It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.
-
Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.
-
I am not to be defined. I am all things. I am the queen of everything. Every woman is.
-
The state of our civilization manifests itself both in the non-problems that terrify us beyond all reason - rising sea levels - and in the real problems we pay no heed to [population decline]...In reality, much of the planet will be uninhabited long before it's uninhabitable
