Etc Quote by Geroge Orwell

(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and…

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,…

— Joseph Stalin

I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do.

— Carrie Brownstein

Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless…

— Michael Yates

The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc.

— Swami Vivekananda

They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break…

— Justin Guarini

The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in land, money…

— Laurance Labadie

What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going…

— Dermot Mulroney

“Never praise oneself.”

— Bhagwan Swaminarayan

I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about…

— Allison Joseph

It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to…

— Thomas Sankara

Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.

— Mason Cooley