Politics is made up of two words: "Poli," which is Greek for "many," and "tics," which are bloodsucking insects. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Mort drove one of those little hybrid cars that, when not running on gasoline, was fueled by idealism. It was made out… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
I looked up the word POLITICS in the dictionary, and it's actually a combination of two words: poli, which means 'many,' and… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The problem with words is that they easily lose their meaning. Say something often enough and it becomes a tic, not an… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
'Politics' is made up of two words, 'poli,' which is Greek for 'many,' and 'tics,' which are blood-sucking insects. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Lars is played by Ryan Gosling, the Prince of Tics, whose idea of acting is to wait a few beats before reacting… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
I can't avoid writing. It's a sort of nervous tic I have developed since I gave up needlepoint. — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
This is an accessible work of philosophy in the best sense, sharply focused on matters of vital human concern and free of… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
“Some people with Tourette's have flinging tics- sudden, seemingly motiveless urges or compulsions to throw objects..... (I see somewhat similar flinging behaviors-… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
For those whose ganglia were formed pre-TV, the mimetic deployment of pop-culture icons seems at best an annoying tic and at worst… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
The Relativity theory, the copernican upheaval, or any great scientific convulsion, leaves a new landscape. There is a period of stunned dreariness;… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
All you've got to do is turn up and have a few facial tics and be a lunatic and throw someone around… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
In fact we do not try to picture the afterlife, nor is it our selves in our nervous tics and optical flecks… — John Updike Copy Share Image
It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
One day, when I was doing well in class and had finished my lessons, I was sitting there trying to analyze the… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
My Obama is getting pretty good ... I think I'll vote for whoever makes my portrayal easier. It takes time to put… — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
