Tentatively Dictionary Quotes

#1. There is no correlation between the degree of comfort enjoyed and the achievement of a civilization. On the contrary, absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay.

Richard M. Weaver

#2. Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it?

Clint Eastwood

#3. I'm very aware of my own background. I'm Irish, French, and then a little bit of everything else thrown in, ranging from German to Native American. We're talking about tiny drops of blood.

Anne Hathaway

#4. When these pictures burst, the stars drew yet further apart. Black space opened. She got to her feet to fight better

Maxine Hong Kingston

#5. To manipulate, drive or manage people is not the same thing as to lead them.

Dallas Willard

#6. Israel should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in China, when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass expulsions among the Arabs of the territories.

Benjamin Netanyahu

#7. Elizabeth Sarah Kowalski!"
"Whoa," Evan said in a low voice. "How bad does a word have to be to get you middle-named during dirty Scrabble?

Shannon Stacey