Arzamas Radio Quotes

#1. None of my English teachers in college were praising me or telling me I was anything special. But then in creative writing classes they were. And I enjoyed those more anyway.

John Brandon

#2. Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

Adam Smith

#3. The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arabia.

Frank Carlucci

#4. In committed sex, in marriage, people don't feel the need to seduce or to build anticipation - - that's an effort they think they no longer need to do now that they have conquered their partner. If they're in the mood, their partner should be too.

Esther Perel

#5. When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth.

Vitruvius

#6. We know the meaning of nothing but the words we use to describe it.

Anthony Marra

#7. Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your understanding of yourself and your own culture will increase exponentially.

Tom Freston

#8. I don't believe there's a red state in America where people believe you should cut Medicare, Social Security and veterans' benefits rather than doing away with corporate tax loopholes.

Bernie Sanders

#9. If you want to switch jobs, then you can come over here right now and balance the extermination budget in London while (shuffling through papers) figuring out why the hell a two-door wardrobe in the spare room of a country house is considered to be a matter of national concern!

Daniel O'Malley

#10. Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

A.R. Rahman

#11. We cannot resist the lure of that mortal brilliance. It is its own kind of glamour, that dazzles the senses. And once we have found it, we cannot turn away.

Emma Bull

#12. By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as mutually exclusive but mutually coexisting.

Brad Pitt

#13. Your brightest self is revealed in your darkest moments.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#14. The family unit is fundamental not only to society and to the Church, but to our hope for eternal life.

Henry B. Eyring

#15. It is time. You must lead. Ultimately everyone must at some time lead.

Marlo Morgan