Politicians… talk in generalities and lies, and I think theyve caused all our grief. Theyre so awful, theyre really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics. – Paul Lynde
I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, Dad, these people are writing about me like Im an adult. Dont they know Im a kid? I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have. – Ornette Coleman
Not everything that can be extracted appears in anthologies of quotations, in commonplace books, or on the back of Celestial Seasonings boxes. Only certain sorts of extracts become quotations. – Gary Saul Morson, The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture, 2011
Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system, Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet, despite the discomfort, the danger, I love it here. I love coming back for these imaginary vacations. The sights are amazing. – Greg Bear
Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like aches or wounds, theyre more like splits in the skin that wont heal because theres not enough material. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
