"There's nothing like a good conservatory drama school to really get you ready for the work force."

“Art tries, literally, to picture the things which philosophy tries to put into carefully thought-out words.”

“They, all of them, work incredibly hard to make me seem clever and heroic, neither of which I am.”

“Tess realized one of the great modern dating sadnesses: everyone is so used to the comforting glow of the computer screen that no one can go so far as to say "good morning" in public without being liquored up.”

“Oulipo ends where the work begins.”

Source : "Oulipo ends where the work begins" by Christopher R. Beha, www.believermag.com. September 2006.

“Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”

“I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.”

“Drinking freshly made juices and eating enough whole foods to provide adequate fiber is a sensible approach to a healthful diet.”

“They must move from a psychological state of victimization to a psychological state of accepting responsibility. The Palestinians must leave behind their revolutionary adolescence and demonstrate that they have reached political maturity.”

Source : "After Gaza disengagement, then what? Speculation intensifies" by Jack Epstein, www.sfgate.com. August 14, 2005.