"You've really got to wear a chastity belt in Washington to preserve your journalistic virginity. Once the secretary of state invites you to lunch and asks your opinion, you're sunk."

-- I. F. Stone

#Lunch Quotes #Opinion Quotes #States Quotes

“Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.”

Source : Twitter post from May 20, 2016
“I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself.”
“The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.”
“Get yourself grounded and you can navigate even the stormiest roads in peace.”
“Self knowledge is always bad news.”

Source : John Barth (2014). “Giles Goat Boy”, p.170, Anchor
“For me, once I've worked on something and it's finished, it's like an ex-boyfriend: you don't go back to them.”
“Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine, and a neglect of the feminine. This modern world is an aggressive, hyperactive, competitive, masculine world, and it needs the woman's touch as never before.”
“I was raised a Christian but have looked at other religions, some of the Eastern things. I was into Taoism for a while and Confucianism. Just different approaches and some have really stayed with me.”

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