#things

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#bankrupt #both #government #office #only

I think I grew up, stopped worrying about what people thought of me, and whether things were going to turn out OK. I'm concentrating on doing the best work I can do and letting it go at that. ↗

— Janis Ian

#best #best work #concentrating #doing #go

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things. ↗

— Janis Ian

#fiction #fiction writing #good #good luck #had

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers. ↗

— Janis Ian

#better #i #i do #i write #make

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it. ↗

— Janis Ian

#because #call #confusing #end #hinges

Actually, I find it embarrassing being a pop star. I prefer it when people just treat me like anybody else, although occasionally there is a side of me, which is indulgent and I expect certain things because of my position. It's one of the perks. ↗

— Michael Hutchence

#although #anybody #because #being #certain

We've seen some insane signs: 'Is that a loaf of bread in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?' Funny stuff along those lines. Very original. One just said, 'I will do unspeakable things.' I thought that was very interesting - and mildly terrifying! ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#bread #funny #funny stuff #happy #i

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#contact #never #off #only #quarters

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#back #between #days #exclusive #flying

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#coming #course #having #insist #mind