Hamadoun Konate Quotes

#1. In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.

Patton Oswalt

#2. Girlfriends, indeed: the anti-video game.

Tom Bissell

#3. Are you sure?"
His strong hand grips the side of my neck, and he aligns his eyes with mine. "I've been sure about you since I was fifteen years old. And I'll be sure about you for the rest of my life.

Nicole Williams

#4. I know the story by heart. The book is just a "do not disturb" sign, to make sure no one talks to me.

Laura Bradley Rede

#5. With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network.

Jonathan Alter

#6. The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.

Norm MacDonald

#7. Games are for childhood, and sometimes I think I lost my childhood young.

Julian Barnes

#8. I'm not sure if I know any 'functional' families, if functional means a family without difficult times and members who don't have a full range of problems.

David Sheff

#9. Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

Peter Jennings

#10. With Barack Obama as president and the super-happening Michelle Obama as First Lady, you would think a new tone, a new tune, a kicky new jazzitude, would have entered Washington discourse, but it remains a landlocked island unto itself, held captive by its tribal fevers.

James Wolcott

#11. Democracies accept certain risks that tyrannies do not

Bruce Fein

#12. I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.

Scott Walker