Predigested Food Quotes

#1. Predigested food' should be inscribed over every hall of learning as a warning to all who do not wish to lose their own personalities and their original sense of judgment ...

Emma Goldman

#2. I can say that paintings are prayers, they have to do with anything that makes you wish for more that what everyday life provides.

Susan Rothenberg

#3. That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.

Patricia Cornwell

#4. It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a deux. But those who dismiss him as shallow because his rhetoric was fustian err.

William Manchester

#5. Honor is a trophy for the wise;
dishonor is a crown for fools.
A good reputation in the sight of men is precious;
a good name in the sight of God is priceless.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#6. Meeting important emotional needs creates the feeling of love, but thoughtfulness keeps it alive.

Willard F. Harley

#7. A man looketh on his little one as a being of better hope; in himself ambition is dead, but it bath a resurrection in his son.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

#8. So, then why am I your son?" "Because Mom and I made love, and one of my sperm fertilized one of her eggs." "Excuse me while I regurgitate." "Don't act your age.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#9. I got to a crossroads in my life where basically I was asked to choose between staying at home and being with them, or being in a band and doing what I want to do.

Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

#10. I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

Hunter S. Thompson

#11. I have tremendous confidence in the capacity of the poor to transform not only their own lives but also to build a just, humane, and democratic society.

Ruth Manorama

#12. The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.

James Salter