quotes about Center Of Gravity

“I will no longer allow my obligation as a veteran to remember those who died in the great wars to be co-opted by current or former politicians to justify our folly in Iraq, our morally dubious war on terror and our elimination of one's right to privacy.”

Source : "This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time" by Harry Leslie Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2013.

“For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.”

“I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.”

“We shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other, how many imposters do I have? Do we all make the same mistakes, or has one of us gotten it right, or even just a bit less wrong, am I the imposter?”

Source : Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.119, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“You have in Vegas the most heterogeneous audience you're gonna get anywhere in the country. In Boston, Chicago, Miami, you know who goes to the theater. In Vegas, you have people who only see one theater show a year, and it's in Vegas.”

“I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. Its been about two months since I've worked out. And I just don't have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh..and watch TV. And get a bone density test. And uh.. try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.”

“I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.”

“I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.”

“Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.”

“We could fight the fuss till we get like friends, Or somebody bite the dust and we split like ends. Even in our wildest moments, girl, I'm on it cause you're worth it. Practice makes perfect, so we fightin' for a purpose.”