"Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground."
"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde
"Thought is a strenuous art—few practice it, and then only at rare times."
"Critics? I love every bone in their heads." Eugene O'Neill
"Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor."
"Average voters don't have access to the knowledge needed for informed judgments."
"Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in."
"My goal in life is to become the person my dog thinks I am." Suzanne Marie Mahoney
"I even just took them [his sons] to a Creed concert. I found it to be very bombastic but it was great watching my kids sing along." Bob Weir
"Paul, George, and Ringo are recording a song using the last of John's unreleased tapes. It goes 'Hello, this is the Lennon residence, I can't come to the phone right now...'"
"If you ever write about my family again, I will (expletive) find you and I will (expletive) hurt you."
  • Tim Robbins
    (10/16/1958 – )
    US actor (partner of Susan Sarandon), to a Washington Post reporter who wrote about Sarandon's conservative mother
Tim Robbins