“I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time – the American South in the 1960s and ’70s – when the machine hadn’t completely taken over life. The natural world was still the world, and machines – TV, telephone, cars – were still more or less ancillary, and computers were unheard of in everyday life.”
-Ben Fountain
Samuel L. Jackson – I voted for Barack because…
“I voted for Barack because he was black. ‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for other people – because they look like them… That’s American politics, pure and simple.”
-Samuel L. Jackson
Eric Davis – It takes a lot of…
“It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I’d rather spend my energy smiling.”
-Eric Davis
Harlan Coben – Caught’ is a novel of…
“‘Caught’ is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present – who should be and who shouldn’t be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won’t work.”
-Harlan Coben
Kate Mulgrew – We are talking about someone…
“We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel – according to the actor’s marriage to the character.”
-Kate Mulgrew
Robert Toombs – The basis, the corner-stone…
“The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.”
-Robert Toombs
Albert Einstein – Most people say that it…
“Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”
-Albert Einstein
Murray Gell-Mann – So the old Copenhagen interpretation…
“So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history.”
-Murray Gell-Mann
Scott Walker – We are the ones looking…
“We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers.”
-Scott Walker
T. S. Eliot – Moving between the legs of…
“Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.”
-T. S. Eliot