Walter Kirn Quotes

The Bible has been through millions of rounds of exegesis and interpretation, but it hasn't been until quite recently that it's been taken as the absolute truth, to the point where people expect it to inform ideas about biology and life on this planet.

Walter Kirn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

LifeTruthPeopleIdeasBiblePoint

We have to face the fact that meaningful gun control has to be a part of homeland security.

Jeh Johnson

ControlFaceGunSecurityMeaningful

Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

Andrew Weil

HealthMedicalControlPressureTop

If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.

Robert Smith

GroupTopSongsTenOurDid

People are incorrigibly themselves.

John Updike

PeopleThemselves

Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third question, the follow-up to the fourth question.

Robby Benson

MistakesYouHumanQuestionAskTop

Dub has been a big influence in terms of production. It's inspired so many people and so much music - in terms of music where mixing desk was the instrument. Central to that is the echo chamber, and I think there's a little bit of a romantic thing there.

Mike D

MusicRomanticPeopleThinkDesk

When someone is suffering, you have to see this in the body and the face. I say all the time that actors use their bodies like objects of war.

Monica Bellucci

TimeWarSufferingFaceSomeoneYou

The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating to lose. That threatens a fundamental aspect of sports' appeal, which is their spontaneity. If games are fixed, they're no different from movies; they're scripted.

Michael Mandelbaum

SportsWinCheatingLoseSinMovies

I always say, 'If you're planning on seeing our movie, don't look at any more of the materials.'

Joseph Kosinski

PlanningYouSeeingLookSayMore

People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.

Jonah Peretti

TimeCatsPeopleInternetSaySame

Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last week's winner of Have I Got News For You-but I suppose you might be wrong.

Jonathan Dimbleby

WinnerWeekYouWrongNewsLast

When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination.

Doug Collins

DeterminationChallengeStepCity

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Walter Kirn