Roger Waters Quotes

Because a lot of people are hurting economically and being shafted by the very wealthy, it's been possible here in the United States of America to organize them and persuade them that to elect a nincompoop like Donald Trump is actually in their best interest. When clearly it isn't.

Roger Waters

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 6, 1943

Topics

BestPeopleAmericaPossibleClearly

The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter is there.

Jim Dine

FaithMatterEmotionOnlyStillHow

I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to create systemic, long-term, real change. And the first lady is more of a skeptic.

Jodi Kantor

ChangeGovernmentLadyCreateSay

You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental.

John Lydon

Wake UpYouWrongBedAlwaysSide

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world.

John Sladek

ScienceWorldKindWhyWayOut

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

Sophocles

LifeMoneyLongPlaceStriveTake

The unspoken contract between ruler and subject is that in return for safety, prosperity, and prestige, the Russians entrust power and cede democratic freedoms to their leaders.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

PowerSafetyProsperityContract

Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.

Jay-Z

PoliticsPeopleMeCoolGrowing Up

And then after a while he got me a job at the video store next door. I used to lock up the store and go next door and hang out all the time and watch movies and stuff.

Jason Mewes

TimeJobMeDoorGoMovies

Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.

Janet Yellen

ProblemEmploymentSocialFull

It might be liberating to think of human life as informed by losses and disappearances as much as by gifted appearances, allowing a more present participation and witness to the difficulty of living.

David Whyte

LifeThinkPresentLivingHuman

Now I believe that people need to understand what's happening in my campaign, and they're going to get three or four snapshots of that, with plenty of time before the first disclosure happens in June.

Craig Benson

TimePeopleBelieveThreeUnderstand

I'm not a pretty princess, and I'm aware of that, so I like music that is really intense, really bold, and characters that in a way almost have a dark side and are kind of evil because, for me, that's when I feel my strongest and fiercest, when I'm not necessarily the good girl.

Ashley Wagner

GoodMusicGirlMeEvilFeel

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