Mandolino Italiano Quotes

#1. I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents.

Jabari Asim

#2. So, why do you write these strong female characters?
Because you're still asking me that question.
[Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006]

Joss Whedon

#3. Mom brought me some peanut butter cookies and a biography of Judy Garland. She told me she thought my problem was that I was too impatient, my fuse was too short, that I was only interested in instant gratification. I said, "Instant gratification takes too long." The glib martyr.

Carrie Fisher

#4. Still fisheth he that catcheth one.

George Herbert

#5. Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

Tommy Lee Jones

#6. There had to be forces outside. The prayer went, "Lead me not in temptation." If people were not led by others, why was the famous prayer that it was?

Philip Roth

#7. Kids automatically teach each other how to use technology, but they're not going to teach each other about the history of democracy, or the importance of taking their voices into the public sphere to create social change.

Howard Rheingold

#8. When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself.

Robert M. Pirsig