Oryx And Crake Important Quotes

#1. Gratefulness heightens awareness.

A.D. Posey

#2. Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.

Jim Sensenbrenner

#3. If someone wants to suck your toes, those toes should be worth sucking.

Margaret Atwood

#4. I was a purist bore.

Michael Parkinson

#5. She had the face of a chocolate box Madonna and larceny in her heart.

Deanna Raybourn

#6. If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible?
If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?

Garth Nix

#7. This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.

Jimmy Carter

#8. If I make my window ten days for stand-up, the conclusion is that I failed and that I'm not good at stand-up. If I make it ten years - if I just wait - the conclusion might be something totally different. I think it's so cool to do things in which you discover the malleability of your own mind.

Demetri Martin