Undoctored Quotes

#1. Ah! What avails the classic bent
And what the cultured word,
Against the undoctored incident
That actually occurred?
And what is Art whereto we press
Through paint and prose and rhyme-
When Nature in her nakedness
Defeats us every time?

Rudyard Kipling

#2. As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.

Myriam Miedzian

#3. Here, in the valley, the world seems to be constructed upon a smaller and more delicate scale ...

Thomas Hardy

#4. In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.

Uwe Boll

#5. I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought.

John Hurt

#6. Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Aesop

#7. Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.

Trent Reznor

#8. No other form of violence is legitimate. It is never acceptable to use violence to solve a problem. Whether personal or political.

Gloria Steinem

#9. Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.

Josh Billings