"Post-modernism was the worst thing that could have happened to our democracy. The idea that you have to deconstruct and destroy all grand narratives is not a good one."

“I believe that if we had would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-crooked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own.”

Source : David M. Shoup's speech to community college students at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California, on World Affairs Day, May 14, 1966.

“I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it.”

Source : "Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, Creators of 'The Puffy Chair'". Interview with Eugene Hernandez, www.indiewire.com. July 17, 2006.

“You have got to trust the signs. Everything will turn out fine”

“What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.”

Source : "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

“Cats will always lie soft.”

“Heaven and happiness do not exist. That is your parents’ way to justify the crime of having brought you into this world. What exists is reality, the tough reality, this slaughterhouse we’ve come to die in, if not to kill and to eat the animals, our fellow creatures. Therefore, do not reproduce, do not repeat the crimes committed against you, do not give back the same, evil paid with evil, as imposing life is the ultimate crime. Do not disturb the unborn, let them be in the peace of nothingness. Anyway we’ll all eventually go back there, so why beat around the bush?”

“Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.”

“I've never retired. And I've never said, "I quit."”

Source : Source: www.caranddriver.com