Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
I have more faith in my bra than I have in my accountant.
If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally, and if something blocks your route, find another. Never give up.
I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to myself as a writer. I'm a columnist, maybe a journalist, I guess I'm an author, but writer. . . no. That's not up to me to call myself, that's rather lofty. It's for the reader to decide.
I could croak with no warning, and the only tragedy anyone would experience would be showing up on the last day of my estate sale simply to discover that all remaining items had copious amounts of dog hair on them.
You're fighting a battle of good and evil with your dog pimp! Your only weapon is the shimmy! There is power in the shimmy! Make him fear your shimmy! Now, goddamnit, show me your war shimmy!
Small towns are sometimes like that; familiarity runs high, while regard for personal space is low, if nonexistent.
Thinking is the first step to a revolution in your life that is incredibly significant.
You know when I say that things happen in matches? Well, it just happened there.
Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves.
Cheap as chips, cheap as chips, it's a British expression. There's no couture in their darling.