2011 North American Heat Wave Quotes

#1. Brandt and a couch-or worse, an empty master bedroom-were a very bad combo. He morphed from vaguely risque fling to bad-boy octopus man whenever he was in the vicinity of any marginally promising flat surface.

Diana Peterfreund

#2. One upside of the heat. Kind of cool to see a cat pant.

Jonah Goldberg

#3. Resolved, to confess frankly to myself all that which I find in myself, either infirmity or sin; and, if it be what concerns religion, also to confess the whole case to God, and implore needed help.

Jonathan Edwards

#4. Why does anyone have a lot of rules? So they can boss people around, I guess.

Lemony Snicket

#5. Not reassuring when weathermen say 'Today will be terrible but don't worry it won't be as terrible as tomorrow or Friday.

Jonah Goldberg

#6. These problems have been here so long that the only way I've been able to function at all is by learning to ignore them. Else I would be in a constant state of panic, unable to think or act constructively.

Mark Bowden

#7. Waterfront little shanties like this one had

Robyn Carr

#8. The fish responsible for drying the sea are not here.

Liu Cixin

#9. Our vision is not just of economic growth, but also of a growth which would improve the life of the common man,

Manmohan Singh

#10. We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press ... It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it.

Fisher Ames

#11. The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.

Vladimir Lenin

#12. All that Anne Rice crap is true, I thought on my way out the door; New Orleans really does have a vampire problem.
Besides me, of course.

J.R. Rain

#13. I'm older than I was before when I was young.

Julianne Moore

#14. You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to just keep playing and doing your music and the rest is just a bonus.

Michael Kiwanuka