#am

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#know #parliament

If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself. ↗

— Frederic William Farrar

#ever #far #i #idiot #laugh

I've absolutely lived the American dream. ↗

— Rick Scott

#american #american dream #dream #i #lived

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#cut #dreams #either #swords #words

Our very existence refuses your laws and your science, your religions and your philosophies. ↗

— B.E. Scully

#horror-authors #vampire #religion

I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones. ↗

— Lev Yilmaz

#anyone #anyway #assumption #attitudes #balance

My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it. ↗

— Lev Yilmaz

#camera #got #gotten #had #hands

Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort. ↗

— Marcus Annaeus Lucan

#dominion #ever #impatient #loyalty #share

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#between #character #comes #even #imaginations

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh. ↗

— Maurice de Vlaminck

#afresh #again #damn #every #generation