Technology favors horrible people.
Douglas Coupland
Recitation: by Male by Female
When I came back to New York, it was such a joke because I was always referred to as the pure young poet who wasn't in it for what he could get out of it. And all of a sudden, the pure young poet comes back... and I'm hanging out with the Rolling Stones.
Jim Carroll
New YorkBackNewYoungOutPoet
If they had rankings in baseball, maybe I would have been able to do the math and figure out my chances of being a professional baseball player versus a tennis player. But that was the decision-maker for me, I just thought I was better in tennis.
Jim Courier
BaseballMeThoughtBetterTennis
Once you become known for one thing, it's easy to become known for a second thing, a third thing, and a fourth thing.
Robert Scoble
EasyYouBecomeOne ThingSecond
In order to handle rejection, we have to reflect on the past, analyze/study it. Next, just like a computer, we have to reboot. Next, get it out of our system by rejecting every aspect of it.
John Rampton
PastRejectionReflectOutSystem
Contrary to what most of Hollywood will tell you, the men and women of our armed forces are the best among us. Not only because of how they serve, but because they are able to find the best in each other... And they are able to encapsulate the best in all of us.
Steven Crowder
WomenBestMenYouFindHollywood
Underfunded, underwhelmed, and out of their league from the git-go, my parents took to home ownership like horse thieves to a hanging judge.
Rodney Crowell
HomeParentsJudgeHorseOwnership
The American people are tired of being told. They're tired of being told that this is as good as it gets. They're tired of hearing politicians in both parties tell us that we'll get to that tomorrow while we pile a mountain range of debt on our children and our grandchildren.
Mike Pence
GoodChildrenMountainTiredPeople
When you get John McCain going about the war against terror, he comes alive. That's when it gets fun. He rattles off the statistics, he showcases his wealth of military experience, and he doesn't recognize the concepts of defeat or surrender.
Mike Gallagher
ExperienceWarFunYouStatistics
I did buy 'The Sun' a few times, but I just don't read the tabloids. Sometimes they can have genius witty headlines, but that's all. There's nothing to read.
Lucy Punch
SunGeniusSometimesNothingWitty
Manhattan is just all bank branches.
Jonathan Franzen
BankBranchesManhattanJust
Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.
Douglas Horton
GoodRememberNever ForgetYouBad
I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.
Denis McDonough
MeTeachersMinnesotaProfessorsWho
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