October 12 Quotes

#1. Bavarian beer to destroy the sympathy of the United States with the French Republic. METZ, October 12. - While examining

Various

#2. A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.
[Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]

Susan Sontag

#3. With [Columbus'] sailors ready to revolt, land--as if cued by a hack playwright--suddenly materialized at the horizon on October 12, 1492.

Alan Axelrod

#4. I'm not really obsessed with death.

Robert Smith

#5. I don't walk around with a cowboy hat. I did get a tattoo that says 'cowboy' that's a bit of an over-compensation, probably.

Ronnie Dunn

#6. It's a cliche, but Americans are puritanical. In their movies, they are scared of sex, but they overindulge in violence. I could have cut a G-rated version of 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' that would have pleased the American ratings board, but it would have been five minutes long.

Alfonso Cuaron

#7. I've never ever read a script. I really must read Macbeth, because I was in it once. I got a lot of laughs in that, I can tell you.

Tom Baker

#8. But the scent of the good is blown against the wind:
A good man perfumes all directions.

Anonymous

#9. I'm a very competitive person ... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.

Steve Burke

#10. Don't seek God elsewhere. Seek God now, right here, in the routine things that have to be done. Find God in the ordinary circumstances of your life.

Benet Tvedten

#11. Be yourself, you will not get a second chance to.
- Daniel, Age 12, Munich, Germany, October 14

R.J. Palacio