"Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth of our time, and, of course, to promote esthetic bliss."

-- Edward Abbey

#Lying Quotes #Writing Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“Pride comes before a fall- although in [Henry Kissinger's] case it's more conceit than pride.”
“If New York is the City That Never Sleeps, then Los Angeles is the City That's Always Passed Out on the Couch.”

Source : Paul Beatty (2016). “The Sellout”, p.136, Oneworld Publications
“It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.”
“Many guys see relationships with women as a zero-sum game: If she wins, he loses. Marriage is the ultimate contest: Her job is to get him to capitulate to marriage. So many men see marriage as the "end of freedom," the end of boyhood. That's why bachelor parties are supposed to revel in that boyish irresponsibility "one last time." So many guys figure, "Why rush into something that means basically that you'll be a prisoner forever?"”

Source : "How hookups and hang-ups delay manhood". TODAYshow.com Q&A, www.today.com. August 26, 2008.
“Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.”
“Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.”
“I hate the uncultivated crowd and keep them at a distance. Favour me by your tongues (keep silence). [Lat., Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Favete linguis.]”
“Life's a game made for everyone and love is the prize. So wake me up when it's all over - when I'm wiser and I'm older. All this time I was finding myself and I didn't know I was lost.”

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