"Now majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But like other precious, sacred things .... it's not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead. Imagine if all life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza."

-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Majority Rule Quotes #Cynical Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“I want to reclaim who I am.”

Source : Interview With Matt Lauer, www.nbcnews.com. June 29, 2010.
“I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.”
“I can honestly say that I have never had a more bitter disappointment.”
“The press is the exclusive literature of the million; to them it is literature, church, and college.”
“Dissonance / (if you are interested) / leads to discovery.”

Source : William Carlos Williams (1995). “Paterson”, p.175, New Directions Publishing
“Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character.”

Source : Quentin Tarantino (1994). “Pulp Fiction”, Miramax Books
“Elizabeth Hurley and I had a lot of fun together. She's a very beautiful, confident woman”
“For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.”

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