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“We are the modern day gladiators.”
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“The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the country club”
Source : Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Turns Forty”, p.124, Ballantine Books
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“Women like to be scared, but they don't like the blood and the gore, and especially movies that have violence and torture involving women. Women don't want to see that, I can tell you for damn sure right now.”
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“Key Largo... I could have stayed on that picture for the rest of my life. I adored it.”
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“THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.”
Source : Jenny Holzer, Stefan Banz, Thomas Whitridge, Béatrix Ruf (2001). “Jenny Holzer: xenon”
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“I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation.”
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“I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.”
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“Like a Shakespearean sonnet that captures the very essence of love, or a painting that brings out the beauty of the human form that is far more than just skin deep, Euler's Equation reaches down into the very depths of existence.”
Source : "Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills". Book by Paul J. Nahin, 2006.