Hocum Quotes

#1. Enormous numbers of people are taken in, or at least beguiled and fascinated, by what seems to me to be unbelievable hocum, and relatively few are concerned with or thrilled by the astounding-yet true-facts of science, as put forth in the pages of, say, Scientific American.

Douglas Hofstadter

#2. Take Courage! Whatever you decide to do, it will probably be the wrong thing.

Ashleigh Brilliant

#3. We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.

Earl Blumenauer

#4. The purpose of this life and all its experiences is not to make ourselves what we think we should be. It is to unfold who we already are.

Gary Zukav

#5. Giving presents is one of the most possessive things we do, did you realize that? It's the way we keep a hold on other people. Plant ourselves in their lives.

Penelope Lively

#6. Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court.

Patricia Ireland

#7. I'd update my resume so you're ready for any outcome.

Bob Weinstein

#8. It will be a great day when taxpayers keep the money they earned and DC has to hold a bake sale to to raise the debt limit.

David Burge

#9. You can spend your money and spend your time. At the end of the day, you can look in your wallet and know how much money you have left. That's the difference between money and time.

Richard Miller

#10. Richard knows a bar that's open until two and they go off in search of it, the two girls tottering on their heels and swaying against the men, who seem all too happy to support them.

Christina Baker Kline