William Pfaff Quotes
For four hundred years European civilization has dominated the world - for better or for worse. It is convenient, and flattering, for Americans to assume that this is all over; but it very rash to do so.
William Pfaff
Quotes to Explore
Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
Manuel Puig
Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
Hanoi Hannah
Here's an idea: Spend two or three hours a day at least five days a week in front of a bookstore wearing a sandwich board with your bookcover on it while you chase and chat with anyone you can corral and who is willing to talk to you.
M. J. Rose
It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals.
Samantha Bond
Before 'Titanic,' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it's just a bit daft for me.
Kate Winslet
Joanne' is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.
Lady Gaga
Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
Oscar Wilde
'My God, oh my God,' he said. 'Six hundred men.'
Patrick O'Brian
An education is meaningless unless it equips students to have a better life.
Clarence Thomas
As a girl, I used to zip myself into a snowsuit, fall into the deepest snowdrift I could find and sweep my arms and legs into the powder, making snow angels that would crumble within minutes of their genesis. Despite their rapid disappearance, something about these frozen, evanescent angels has stayed with me ever since.
Danielle Trussoni
I really try to take a step back from the soccer world and going a thousand miles an hour every day. I like to do some sort of either meditation or mental visualization or breathing exercises - something to calm my mind down because a lot of times, it's just going faster than it should.
Alex Morgan
When good media takes a bounded form, and comes once in a period of time, it begs to be consumed as a whole - it creates an engaging experience. We don't dip in and out of an episode of 'Game of Thrones,' after all - we take it in as a whole. Why have we abandoned this concept when it comes to publications, simply because they exist online?
John Battelle
