Closing Statement Quotes

#1. Like Solzhenitsyn, I believe that in the end, words will break cement. Solzhenitsyn wrote, "So the word is more sincere than concrete? So the word is not a trifle? Then may noble people begin to grow, and their word will break cement."

[Nadya Tolokonnikova's closing statement]

Masha Gessen

#2. I carry my iPad and laptop with me everywhere.

Anne Wojcicki

#3. The library is a place of mental diversion, learning, and comfort for anyone who has an intellect. I know of no librarian who when asked for food for the mind will offer a stone. What more could anyone ask?

Piers Anthony

#4. Resistance, however, is useless. (1939)

A.E. Van Vogt

#5. For me, if 'Maryland' became half of what 'Searchin' My Soul' became, as far as radio play goes, I would be thrilled.

Vonda Shepard

#6. The historic idea that the devil tempts men had this remarkable effect, it produced the man of iron who fought; the modern idea of blaming his heredity or his circumstances produces the man who gives in at once.

Oswald Chambers

#7. Time pressure gradually corrupts an engineer's standard of quality and perfection. It has a detrimental effect on people as well as products

Niklaus Wirth

#8. You risk working with this director, you risk making this movie, you risk working with another actor you don't know. It makes your heart beat faster. And it keeps you interested.

Kevin Spacey

#9. We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

D.H. Lawrence