"I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner."

-- Bob Woodward

#Book Quotes #Long Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Freedom is nothing but the distance between the hunter and the hunted.”
“Love is like skydiving without a parachute.”

Source : Lois Greiman (2007). “Unmanned”, p.94, Dell
“Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.”
“My agent and I try to be picky with roles so that I can drive my career in different directions and be different, creative characters. I want to be an actor for the rest of my life and to have fun with my career. So I told him that I wish I could do a movie that already has a fan base. And then 'Twilight' came along!”
“The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.”
“In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz.”
“Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm.”
“The harmony of the universe knows only one musical form - the legato; while the symphony of number knows only its opposite - the staccato. All attempts to reconcile this discrepancy are based on the hope that an accelerated staccato may appear to our senses as a legato.”

Source : Tobias Dantzig (2005). “Number: The Language of Science”, Dutton Juvenile

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