Unwooed Quotes

#1. Plot joined the expedition unwooed, as a necessary companion. It was not the scout. The scout was a certain mood. I followed that mood, and let the shape of the story flow from that.

Bonnie Friedman

#2. My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to Beaver' time.

Sissy Spacek

#3. I'm not going to tell you how to start a bug-powered vehicle, I'm just going to put you inside one with somebody who knows how, and send you off on a ride.

Kameron Hurley

#4. Every organization needs at least one person who knows what's going on, and why it's happening, and who's doing it.

Terry Pratchett

#5. But I also happen to be someone who believes in tithing
the giving of a tenth .

Ronald Reagan

#6. I am more important than my problems.

Jose Ferrer

#7. Debates are boring.

Mario Cuomo

#8. My wife tells me I should check out 'Downton Abbey', but I gather that series might be almost too intense for my temperate nature.

Michael Dirda

#9. My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake.

Michel De Montaigne

#10. If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.

Mark Russell

#11. Women tend to love men in their presence, while men tend to love women in their absence.

Sherry Argov

#12. This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.

Robert M. Hutchins

#13. Just the attempt to learn a [new] language is like running different software through the brain.

Andrew Weil

#14. Privacy is not for the passive.

Jeffrey Rosen

#15. Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet

Robin Lim