I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.
Rita Dove
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm glad nobody has asked me to adapt 'Wuthering Heights' because I think I would make a mess of it. Everybody makes a mess of it. I think the Bronte Sisters are mad.
Andrew Davies
MeThinkMadNobodyHeightsAdapt
Advertising at its worst will be killed by the Internet. And rightly so.
Maurice Saatchi
AdvertisingInternetWillWorst
Ironically, when a bunch of very smart people are sitting around a table for hours trying to figure out whether they should do something, that tends to not necessarily lead to the best results.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
BestSmartPeopleTryingTableOut
I have never knowingly, I swear to God, written satire. The word connotes exaggeration of the foibles of mankind. To me, mankind just has foibles. You don't have to push it!
Tom Wolfe
GodMePushYouNeverSatire
The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal urges like greed and power.
Michael Leunig
PowerThinkGreedHypocrisyDriven
I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all.
Missy Elliott
PeopleCrazyIconJustLike
True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to.
Don DeLillo
VisionDeepLanguageTrueStructure
I don't like a lot of monitors on stage. I like the real raw sound of the open piano.
Dianne Reeves
SoundRealOpenStagePianoRaw
There's a level of protection you need to give to your kids, and then sometimes you need to just let them figure out things on their own.
Brody Jenner
YouSometimesNeedOutOwnLevel
The relationship between critic and writer is similar to the one between the pigeon and the statue.
Ashwin Sanghi
RelationshipStatueCriticPigeon
He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
William Shakespeare
WorldRoundThinksHeGiddyTurns
Our servicemen and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world.
Phil Gingrey
WomenWorldFightingProfessional
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Rita Dove