"When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody."

-- John McGahern

#Attitude Quotes #Kissing Quotes #Killing Quotes

“Love is not a victory march”
“I willingly took John Lennon's life. What I did was despicable.”
“Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind.”
“There are no easy words for the insights of the spirit, and approximate language used in good faith can cause approximate truths to spread like a disease.”
“Apple doesn't have to write code, which equals speech, when it doesn't agree with what the government wants to do. And it's not that the government can't make you do anything you don't want to do.”

Source : "Apple's First Amendment Argument". "All Things Considered" with Laura Sydell, www.npr.org. February 26, 2016.
“Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.”
“Ladies. Large masses of girls are often prone to this salutation. I hate being mollified with this unsolicited "ladies" business. I know we're all women. I am conscious of my breasts. Do I have to be conscious of yours as well? Do men do this? Do they go, "Men: Meet for ribs in the shed after the game. Keg beer, raw eggs, and death metal only." I would imagine not.”
“It's not the appearance, it's the essence. It's not the money, it's the education. It's not the clothes, it's the class.”

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