#las

Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!' ↗

— Emo Philips

#grandfather #last #remember #said #truck

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#american #american people #incorporated #just #labor

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone. ↗

— Francis Picabia

#everyone #five #gadget #immortal #lasts

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#class #class distinctions #concerned #discriminate #distinctions

You are talking to a man who can only play a plastic keyboard. Give me anything weighted and I've had it. I haven't got the strength in my fingers to push them down. So I don't get a lot of expression on the keyboard. ↗

— Midge Ure

#down #expression #fingers #get #give

I will protect all Colombians regardless of whether the attacks come from guerrillas or paramilitaries. ↗

— Alvaro Uribe

#come #guerrillas #i #protect #regardless

If you read a book that's fiction and you get caught in the characters and the plot, and swept away, really, by the fiction of it - by the non-reality - you sometimes wind up changing your reality as well. Often, when the last page is turned, it will haunt you. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#book #caught #changing #characters #fiction

If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This isn't just social commentary. This is also about writing good page-turners. I want people to keep reading. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#also #commentary #first #good #guarantee

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#because #doing #downing #else #enjoyment

Last year, I finally got my own grand piano, and that was a big thing for me because it's always been and always will be a very important part of my life. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#because #been #big #big thing #finally