"Detective stories are the art-for-art's sake of yawning Philistinism."

-- V. S. Pritchett

#Art Quotes #Yawning Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Right after Dynasty ended I had a facelift and laser surgery to get rid of lines around my eyes.”
“I would never go into the 'Bigg Boss' house even in a hypothetical situation. I have been to jail, so if I were to be confined in that house, I'd get rattled.”
“People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.”

Source : "Glenn Beck drops his name from Web network, promises media 'revolution'". Interview with Steve Krakauer, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2012.
“There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises.”
“I like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life.”
“Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.”
“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.”
“Hunting is the noblest sport yet devised by the hand of man. There were mighty hunters in the Bible, and all the caves where the cave men lived are full of carvings of assorted game the head of the house drug home. If you hunt to eat, or hunt for sport for something fine, something that will make you proud, and make you remember every single detail of the day you found him and shot him, that is good too.”

Source : Robert Chester Ruark (1957). “The Old Man and the boy”, Henry Holt & Company

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