Barry Webster Quotes

The ridiculous is closer to life's source than the sensible.

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• My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • Why
  • Parents
  • Know

• Some days, just occasionally, when I've had just one too many chickpeas, drizzles of olive oil or chunks of feta, I crave a return to the sushi-filled joints of Tokyo.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Days
  • Oil
  • Tokyo

• At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • People
  • Power
  • Moment

• My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.

  

  Victoria Azarenka
  • Me
  • Person
  • Grandmother

• My wife and I are raising five children, and it's tough between two people, let alone with one that's working full-time and is stressed out and coming home to a lot of difficulties.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • People
  • Time
  • Children

• DNA is a 'thing' - a chemical that sticks to your fingers.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Fingers
  • DNA
  • Chemical

• My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.

  

  Zoey Deutch
  • Long
  • Bad
  • Want

• No one will be forced to take the public option. The word option means choice.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • Choice
  • Word
  • Will

• I think that if you're doing a new musical, you want to have the opportunity to experiment and try things without the whole city of critics looking over your shoulder.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Think
  • Opportunity
  • City

• Many ask me whether pranayama ... postpones old age. Why worry about it? Death is certain. Let it come when it comes. Just keep working. The soul has no age. It doesn't die. Only the body decays. And yet, we must never forget the body, since it is the garden we must cherish and cultivate.

  

  Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
  • Why
  • Age
  • Soul

• When you lock a movie's release date and then move it two months, it's just not good. It's good for everything but the cast, crew, and people who are creatively trying to make a film.

  

  Rob Zombie
  • People
  • Good
  • Trying

• Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.

  

  Marian Wright Edelman
  • Children
  • Strong
  • Education

• I write my own lyrics; I can incorporate my own ideas. And yes, apparently, people think it's cool. That's pretty awesome.

  

  Kim Petras
  • Ideas
  • Lyrics
  • Incorporate

• My father used to be a fisherman, so it always makes me feel close to him when I am there on the water catching my dinner.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Father
  • Water
  • Dinner

• Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Society
  • Source
  • Stupidity

• We want the accursed foreclosure system wiped out.... We will stand by our homes and stay by our firesides by force if necessary, and we will not pay our debts to the loan-shark companies until the government pays its debts to us.

  

  Mary Elizabeth Lease
  • Pay
  • System
  • Homes

• The ridiculous is closer to life's source than the sensible.

  

  Barry Webster
  • Source
  • Ridiculous
  • Sensible