His Favorite Quotes

53 quotes by 50 authors

Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people,… — Aristotle
Gentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorman of his favorite nightclub when he leaves with his girl. — Marlene Dietrich
The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think… — Jeremy Piven
Every writer has his favorite coterie of enemies: Mine is the East Coast literati -- those prep school playmates and their Ivy League colleagues. — Edward Abbey
Alternatively, suppose Qaddafi winds up hanging from a lamppost in his favorite party dress. If you're a Third World dictator, what lessons would you draw?… — Mark Steyn
The novel form is about the protagonist's struggle to transform his arbitrary, fragmented, given experience into a narrative as meaningful as his favorite books. — Elif Batuman
Charles Manson loved the Beatles but didnâ€™t understand them. Governor Chris Christie loves Bruce Springsteen but doesnâ€™t understand him. And Paul Ryan is clueless about… — Tom Morello
With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them. — Maurice Jarre
God is a novelist. He uses all sorts of literary devices: alliteration, assonance, rhyme, synecdoche, onomatopoeia. But of all of these, His favorite is foreshadowing.And… — Lauren F. Winner
Why are there no clouds in the sky? ... 'Cause God wants to watch his favorite band again! — Tre Cool
In any case, his religious teaching consisted mostly in more or less vague ethical remarks, an obscure mixture of ideals of English gentlemanliness and his… — Thomas Merton
Obscurity is where God sends all His favorite sons and daughters. Our society tells us that if and when we get â€˜thereâ€™â€”the job or position… — Jonathan Martin
To God each one of us is His favorite. God's love comes to all, but it comes to all as each, not to all as… — Peter Kreeft
If Paul McCartney tells me that so-and-so song is his favorite song, what do I care? What do I care what anybody else says? — Daryl Hall
Unto each man comes a day when his favorite sins all forsake him, And he complacently thinks he has forsaken his sins. — John Hay
The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies, while Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his heroes all coked… — Lou Reed
What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm. — Rodney Dangerfield
You know, I always when people ask me, like, what is my most favorite song, I quote Duke Ellington, when they would ask him, what's… — Stevie Wonder
The sandwich he made was bologna and cheese, his favorite. All the sandwiches he made were his favorites; that was one of the advantages of… — Stephen King
He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually fun to read.… — John Bellairs

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