"My criticisms are extremely mild in comparison to the tone of some of the questions fired in my direction."

-- Scott McClellan

#Criticism Quotes #Tone Quotes #Comparison Quotes

“The first thing in all progress is to leave something behind.”

Source : George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.13036, Delphi Classics
“Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.”
“Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways; hence, there are an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, bonuses, subsidies, incentives, the progressive income tax, free education, the right to employment, the right to profit, the right to wages, the right to relief, the right to the tools of production, interest free credit, etc., etc. And it the aggregate of all these plans, in respect to what they have in common, legal plunder, that goes under the name of socialism.”
“Anyone who knows anything about journalism knows that reporters are rarely in a position to investigate anything. They lack the authority to subpoena witnesses, to cross-examine, to scrutinize official records. They are lucky to get their phone calls returned.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If there’s a zeppelin, it’s alternate history. If there’s a rocketship, it’s science fiction. If there are swords and/or horses, it’s fantasy. A book with swords and horses in it can be turned into science fiction by adding a rocketship to the mix. If a book has a rocketship in it, the only thing that can turn it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.”
“Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.”

Source : "Values of the Wise: Aspiring to 'The Life of Value'". Book by Jason Merchey, 2004.
“I think what I like to do is to begin with the ordinary and find the extraordinary in it.”
“Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.”

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