quotes about Strange Stories

“Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.”

“Women have waited millions of years, growing separate as another species, with visions and priorities no man-words, no man-measurements can comprehend.”

Source : Kate Braverman (2011). “Palm Latitudes: A Novel”, p.36, Seven Stories Press

“A government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must be independent and free within his own sphere or cease to be an individual. The fundamental question ... is now, and always will be through what adjustments, by what actions, these principles may be applied.”

“Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.”

“The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'”

“He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy.”

“I think one of the strengths of Wisconsin's economy is it's diversity - and in making sure that we're doing everything we can to have a state government that's responsive to that and being here and encouraging people to expand their businesses here.”

“It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of the citizens of big counties-those, that is, that have the status of being "powers" in the world-far from being self-centered or materialistic as they are commonly credited with being, the ordinary citizen and his elected representative all too often turn out to be romantics, ready and eager to sacrifice programs of health, education and welfare for the power and pride of the nation....”

“Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.”

Source : Jennifer Echols (2009). “Going Too Far”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

“I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights.”