Selective Quotes

138 quotes by 126 authors

I'm a selective pack rat. There's some things I have no problem getting rid of and others I hold onto dearly. — Will Ferrell
I have selective hearing. — Eddie Van Halen
The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective… — Leopoldo Lopez
Yeah, I'm a giver. I've learned to be selective of the people in my world, because if I love someone, I will give them my… — Brittany Murphy
When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch… — David Lee Roth
Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie. — Wole Soyinka
Maybe the answer to Selective Service is to start everyone off in the army and draft them for civilian life as needed. — Bill Vaughan
It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. — Bill Watterson
I want to know where is that committee in Switzerland that sits to decide what is in and what is out. I don't listen to… — Alber Elbaz
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments. — Ayn Rand
When the voice of your friend or the page of your book sinks into democratic equality with the pattern of the wallpaper, the feel of… — C.S. Lewis
You donâ€™t know what goes on in anyoneâ€™s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a personâ€™s life, youâ€™re not… — Jay Asher
There are a dozen different ways of delivering destruction in impersonal wholesale, via ships and missiles of one sort or another, catastrophes so widespread, so… — Robert A. Heinlein
Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and… — Garrison Keillor
We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think. — Rod Serling
That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? — Yann Martel
I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not. — Richard Paul Evans
Let's take my truck," Jim said as he hit the gravel. "Less noise." And it has a radio, right?" With tragic concentration Adrian started warming… — J R Ward
Hardly a pure science, history is closer to animal husbandry than it is to mathematics in that it involves selective breeding. The principal difference between… — Tom Robbins
Five senses; an incurably abstract intellect; a haphazardly selective memory; a set of preconceptions and assumptions so numerous that I can never examine more than… — C.S. Lewis

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