"With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle."

“I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.”

“I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.”

“The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries...”

“I tell people diets don't work. And I don't care what they say. I have tried them all.”

“clarity need not be equivalent to / readability. How readable is the world?”

Source : Rae Armantrout (2007). “Collected Prose”

“This whole business of all these lenses is ridiculous. You know, it's like you have to capture your picture. You have to create it. You have to see it. You have to seize it and you have to move in to get it, so those lenses are just an escape of some sort or a shield.”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. April 21, 2010.

“There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism.”

Source : Aneurin Bevan's Statement on his resignation in House of Commons, hansard.millbanksystems.com. April 23, 1951.

“Victory is the main object in war.”