#nsa

There are legitimate, even powerful arguments, to be made against the Bush administration's foreign policy. But those arguments are complicated, hard to explain, and, in the end, not all that sensational. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#against #bush #complicated #end #even

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#better #details #get #goes #i

The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression. ↗

— William Vickrey

#balanced budget #budget #depression #drive #economy

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas. ↗

— John Updike

#east #i #i write #kansas #little

Being in the Spice Girls was an insane experience. ↗

— Melanie Chisholm

#experience #insane #spice #spice girls

The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next. ↗

— Christo

#both #called #colorado #get #got

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#out #slaves #slip #those #unsaid

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. ↗

— Georges Clemenceau

#insane #man #must #order #reasonably

For TV you also get those pre-interviews when researchers ask you what you're going to say. The pre-interview drives me insane. If they've already decided the outcome, why don't I just hand in an essay? Maybe if we talk we'll find something out. I'd rather just have an awkward pause. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#also #ask #awkward #decided #drives

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#indispensable #knew #only #poetry