Donald E. Westlake Quotes
When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind.Donald E. Westlake
Quotes to Explore
-
Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
Rachel Kushner -
The future doesn't matter if I don't enjoy what's going on right now.
Cam Gigandet -
Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
Barnett Newman -
The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
N. Scott Momaday -
In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
Edmund Husserl
-
Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
Laura Bush -
Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.
Jack Levine -
Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
Vikas Swarup -
In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
Sam Yagan -
Colorado cannot afford to become the next California, with skyrocketing taxes that hurt our state's economy and our quality of life.
Walker Stapleton -
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
J. M. Coetzee
-
Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.
Patricia Ireland -
I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
Viggo Mortensen -
Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.
Tamara Taylor -
Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
Ira Sachs -
I hate negative ads in general.
Ed Rendell -
I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
Zubin Mehta
-
As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
Madeleine Albright -
Before 'M*A*SH*,' people in the industry didn't know what to do with this guy with the big nose.
Jamie Farr -
I felt like I was cheated out of my career in the UFC. In my mind and in my heart, I never lost to a foe. I never lost to an opponent. I lost to diverticulitis. That was my opponent that beat me. A lot of other people might have other thoughts about that.
Brock Lesnar -
I've always said the key to killing a lot of mallards if you live on the East Coast is to move west. The No. 1 rule in duck hunting is to go where the ducks are.
Jase Robertson -
Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9.
Dennis Ritchie -
When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind.
Donald E. Westlake