Xtraordinary Quotes

#1. Surely a program of incremental reforms, of cautious steps, is the wisest way to proceed? You show xtraordinary erudition for an eighth-stratum, Archivist. I wonder if you encountered this dictum first spoken by a twentieth-century statesman: "An abyss cannot be crossed in two steps." We

David Mitchell

#2. So much of people's fortune, good or bad, depends upon how they choose to fall in love.

Kate Saunders

#3. I always look for a "rhythm" in my writing. A cadence to the sentences. Sometimes I think of pieces I write in a song writing infrastructure - i.e., a verse, a chorus that I return to, a bridge that's something differenct, a chorus that I return to.

Mitch Albom

#4. Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

Toni Morrison

#5. What's in your past doesn't matter. Neither does what you plan to do at some future time. What matters is what you do with this moment. You have the power to change your life for the better starting right this minute.

Deb Purdy

#6. I was always the Doubting Thomas of the bunch, and I don't think I was convinced about the Allman Brothers until 'Fillmore East' hit - that one removed all doubt!

Gregg Allman

#7. Look, I have a huge penis," he states.

Samantha Towle

#8. Accept changes but be persistent with the process.

Debasish Mridha

#9. The movies are not my first priority - the theater is.

Kevin Spacey

#10. I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.

Yogi Berra

#11. The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Robert Dold

#12. I think I'd just like to get in a time machine and travel and never come back. The '20s would be an incredible place to be, dressing up in tuxedos with fancy cars. That sounds incredible.

Victor Webster

#13. The reputation of a great work ethic that took years to build can be forgotten with one act of misjudgment.

Mark W. Boyer

#14. The emanation of what you are is love.

John De Ruiter