Longform Articles Quotes

#1. Strong as were the elements, he was stronger.

Jorge Castro Tejerina

#2. People often say to me: Oy! Get out of my garden.

Michael Redmond

#3. After my marriage she edited everything I wrote. And what is more, she not only edited my works, she edited me.

Mark Twain

#4. As an actress, you're living something through the duration of the play and its geography. I've always seen writing the same way. It's like somehow I'm moving through the terrain of the book as a performer.

Hank Azaria

#5. Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up.

Mo Ibrahim

#6. The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play.

Helen Vendler

#7. I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.

Kathie Lee Gifford

#8. I never wanted to go to university: books seemed to have all the answers, and the questions, too. I went to work for Jean Muir as her in-house model. Miss Muir - as she will always be to me - was interested in everything.

Joanna Lumley

#9. Media over here, coming to ya like a world premiere. Trench coat and my underwear, let's go with this freak show.

Britney Spears

#10. We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are not wedded to the policies of the past. We didn't craft them. They didn't let us.

Bella Abzug

#11. The queen, for the most part, is the unifying force of the community, if she removed from the hive, the workers very quickly sense her absence. After a few hours, or even less, they show unmistakable signs of queenlessness.

Sue Monk Kidd

#12. These past two weeks it's been as if you control my breathing.

Abbi Glines

#13. Perfect moments don't turn into half-hours.

Elizabeth Bibesco

#14. America had been taught that beauty only resided in youth, especially in the
female.

Charles Bukowski