Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like Gods infinite mercy, a last resort. – P. J. ORourke
In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry. – Norman MacCaig
Movies these days have made killers into funny people. Whats that all about? Ive got kids and family and friends, and I dont like bad things. I dont think theyre funny, and its irresponsible to make movies that dont show you how thats not good. – Billy Bob Thornton
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world. – Ibrahim Babangida
