Burnished Brass Quotes

#1. It just so happens that people aren't doing comedy about abortion or cannibalism or waterboarding. And that to me doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't aspects of those subjects that are funny, it just means that people are too uptight.

Rob McElhenney

#2. The Church [in the 14th century] gave ceremony and dignity to lives that had little of either. It was the source of beauty and art to which all had some access and which many helped to create.

Barbara Tuchman

#3. There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

James Earl Jones

#4. I had the taste of the alcohol since I was 11. It allowed me to be clever, charming and to behave outrageously. Acting also allowed me not to be me. So I could indulge every fantasy in this paradise of America.

Malachy McCourt

#5. That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers.

Jack Welch