#be

You ever want to negotiate a hostage situation in Quebec, I'm your man. Send me in for a little parley and the francophone miscreants will flee, hands over bleeding ears. ↗

— Will Ferguson

#humour #travel #beauty

Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul! ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#howl #intelligence

Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#case #cheaper #cleaner #domestic #fuel

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration. ↗

— David Sedaris

#always #been #exaggeration #humorists #i

I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely. ↗

— Mary Pickford

#child #far #forced #i #indefinitely

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around. ↗

— Mary Pickford

#been #grown #had #instead #logical

I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#being #comes #continue #doing #fact

As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american #because #believe #best #best way

I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or pink. I think there are a lot of readers who would like to see reviews that belong in the range of commercial fiction. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#black #commercial #fiction #i #i think

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined. ↗

— Franklin Pierce

#dearest #earthly #entwined #hopes #union