"Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short."

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Writing Quotes #Long Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or so. I'm professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me.”

Source : "Term 'states' rights' heard anew in election cycle" by Allen G. Breed, www.foxnews.com. January 26, 2012.
“If you can't make the image bigger or more important than what you see, then don't push the button”
“Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me... Jealous of my jeep, I gave his badge to the chief, And got his ***** directin' traffic in the heat for a week.”
“The avant-garde makes more sense to me.”

Source : "Of Anger and Twitching: An Interview with John Cale". Interview with Andrew Phillips, www.popmatters.com. Jan 9, 2006.
“Coffee it is best to buy by the bag, as it improves by keeping. Let it hang in the bag, in a dry place, and it loses its rank smell and taste.”
“In God's eyes, all creatures have value whether we find them cuddly, affectionate, beautiful or otherwise. Our own perspective-in a way-is neither here nor there. Theology, at its best, can help to liberate us from our own anthropocentric limitations.”
“It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss.”
“Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive”

Source : "Peter James: My Media". The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2010.

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