John Durham Quotes

#1. Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#2. In 1967, only 4% of Americans approved of interracial marriage, yet the Supreme Court dismissed the desire of 96% of Americans who did not support it in order to preserve the rights of the minority.

Kathy Baldock

#3. John's bearing record, points out his faithfulness according to the Charge and Commission given him; what is given him to deliver, he keeps not up; what he receives in charge, he discharges.

James Durham

#4. I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun. But I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world.

John Darnielle

#5. One of the worst things a pretty girl can say to a fat girl is You look really pretty.

Jennifer Niven

#6. It's a fair wind that blew men to ale.

Washington Irving

#7. Miscommunication is the scandal that motivates the very concept of communication in the first place.

John Durham Peters

#8. Open scatter is more fundamental than coupled sharing; it is the stuff from which, on splendid occasions, dialogue may arise.

John Durham Peters

#9. Every fiction has its base in fact, he tells her.

Gayle Forman

#10. If only we were angels, with transparent bodies and transparent thoughts ...

John Durham Peters