You weren't quite accurate just now." "I? Not accurate?"…

“Hey—what did we say? Cool it on the fuck-talk, okay?” Sebastian’s expression went directly to affronted . “So what was I supposed to say…

— Charlotte Stein

If you are affronted it is better to pass it by in silence, or with a jest, though with some dishonor, than to endeavor…

— Isaac Newton

“...I finally went back to my seat in the second row and sat there doing what I've done throughout my professional life: I tried…

— Philip Roth

The western mantra is that Israel seeks negotiations without preconditions, while the Palestinians refuse. The opposite is more accurate.

— Noam Chomsky

Selfish hedonism is not a pejorative. It is a description - an exactly accurate description of what is involved in homosexual relations.

— Alan Keyes

Not forgiving prolongs hurt and anger and leads to smoldering resentment, which will make us miserable until it kills us. Resentment destroys the perception…

— Richard Walters

... the attempt to render visual intricacy makes words feel unwieldy, like sacks of meaning that must be lugged into place, dragged here and…

— Mark Doty

He [Groucho's father] had absolutely no training, and if you had ever seen one of his suits, you'd realize what an accurate statement that…

— Groucho Marx

“Madoc makes a snorting sound, then turns to me. 'I am sure that Wren here wouldn't mind taking Lady Nore's castle and lands for…

— Holly Black

A film is a chain of very difficult decisions, and I think one of them is to choose an accurate cast.

— Javier Camara

The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate, nothing to…

— Lee Kuan Yew

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.

— Napoleon Hill

I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be…

— Neill Blomkamp

In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its…

— Glenn Greenwald

The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one…

— Antoine-Henri Jomini