Edward Gorey Quotes

I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is, too. And being a man is a serious problem and being a woman is, too. Lots of things are problems.

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• I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.

  

  Kareena Kapoor Khan
  • Believe
  • Family
  • Friends

• A pitcher is only as good as his legs.

  

  Early Wynn
  • Good
  • Legs
  • Pitcher

• He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Think
  • Understanding
  • Key

• I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.

  

  Harold Brodkey
  • Man
  • Sweet
  • Sorry

• If you go to India the roads are being built almost entirely with private sector money and by the private sector. If you look at many, many countries in Europe that's how they're doing it.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Money
  • Look
  • Roads

• Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Lose
  • Economic
  • Recovery

• It is true that when there's a drone attack, those - that the - the terrorists are killed, it's true. But 500 and 5,000 more people rises against it, and more terrorism occurs, and more - more bomb blasts occurs.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • People
  • True
  • Terrorism

• I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • Work
  • Hope
  • United Nations

• I think everybody goes through things in their life where they're like, 'This does not make any sense,' or 'I don't understand why this is happening,' but that's part of the journey of faith.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Life
  • Why
  • Faith

• I love sport and will do just about anything. Someone said they'd had a go at skiing off a mountain with a parachute, and that sounds great!

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Great
  • Sport
  • Sounds

• This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.

  

  Inbee Park
  • Good
  • Professional
  • Playing

• I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.

  

  Sam J. Jones
  • Play
  • Like
  • Going

• Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Time
  • Past
  • Faith

• I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.

  

  Hannah Mills
  • Country
  • Always
  • Potential

• Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

  

  W. Edwards Deming
  • Everybody
  • Ridiculous
  • Hold

• I want to promote the introduction of art history in primary schools and to convince the general public that, even in a period of economic crisis, arts funding is an absolute necessity at the federal, state, and local levels.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Art
  • History
  • Period

• I think social media, it in a way forces companies to be more authentic or more transparent because it gives a voice to the consumer and a reach to the consumer that they didn't have before.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Voice
  • Reach
  • Social Media

• If we get to a world of digital securities, then there isn't a need for DTC and Cede & Co. anymore. It's a really huge step in returning to clean capital markets.

  

  Patrick M. Byrne
  • World
  • Need
  • Step

• I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.

  

  Brenda Fassie

• You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.

  

  Keith Richards The Rolling Stones
  • People
  • Good
  • Happy

• Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do not realize that by buying ivory, they are playing a role in the illegal wildlife trade and its serious consequences.

  

  Li Bingbing
  • Serious

• You can’t be serious,” Eve said. “Guys. People get eaten in places like this. At the very least, we get locked in a room and terrible, evil things get done to us and put on the Internet. I’ve seen the movies.” "Eve,” Michael said. “Horror movies are not documentaries.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • People
  • Done
  • Evil

• When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Basketball
  • Down
  • Gets

• I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is, too. And being a man is a serious problem and being a woman is, too. Lots of things are problems.

  

  Edward Gorey
  • Serious