Matthew Lipman Quotes

#1. Sometimes I get lost in the rhythm of the paddling. I even count the strokes it takes to get me to a point of land, The play of the muscles in one's arms and shoulders, and the feel of palm against worn wood, are preferable to glancing at a speedometer

Richard Proenneke

#2. I notice that most of the men who tease me about my hair, don't have any.

Holland Taylor

#3. There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.

K.J. Parker

#4. Books and people are alike in one respect: they're both full of thoughts.

Matthew Lipman

#5. Of what are you thinking now?" she asked.
"I am thinking of myself."
"That's just what I am doing."
"Are you also thinking of yourself?"
"No, of yourself - of you, Mogens.

Jens Peter Jacobsen

#6. Heaven knows that alcohol is the worst thing in the world, but it's debatable whether cocaine is worse than caffeine or whether it's the same thing and they just changed the name.

Merle Haggard

#7. It was an experience of a lifetime to sit only a few feet away from him [Castro] and watch him relive an experience he lived as a very young man.

Kevin Costner

#8. I think sex appeal is something that's fun. But I'd guess any man with any conscious consideration or understanding of his own sex appeal is one of the least sexy men you might meet.

Luke Goss

#9. And what are we going to tell people?" exclaimed Doris. "That I'm old and crazy. That wouldn't be far off the mark," Alma replied.

Isabel Allende

#10. Religious freedom should work two ways: we should be free to practice the religion of our choice, but we must also be free from having someone else's religion practiced on us.

John Irving

#11. The more one pleases generally, the less one pleases profoundly.

Krister Stendahl

#12. I'm really the candidate who has really lived his whole life in suburbia.

Bob McDonnell

#13. A wedding isn't for the bride and groom, it's for the family and friends. The B. and G. are just props, silly stick figures with no more significance than the pink and white candy figures on the top of the cake.

Susan Cheever