The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. Use this quote
And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing. Use this quote
A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular. Use this quote
Well, my wife and I were married in a toilet - it was a marriage of convenience! Use this quote
I've always done food that can work in a set time frame. The message I'm trying to get across is, it doesn't have to take three days to do this. With planning, you can do a lot and really have quality food every day. Use this quote
I would rather have peace in the world than be President. Use this quote
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Use this quote
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. Use this quote
I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature. Use this quote
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance. Use this quote
There was once a time when art history and film were basically the same medium, but art history is frozen in late-19th-century technology that has survived into the early 21st century. Use this quote
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. Use this quote
Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations. Use this quote
That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I've ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me. Use this quote
I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom. Use this quote
Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food. Use this quote
I don't want a huge wedding. I don't want it to be some huge spectacle. Use this quote
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time. Use this quote
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Use this quote
I come now to tell you for what I am brought here to die, and to give you an account of my faith, which I shall do as in the sight of the living God before whom I am shortly to stand. Use this quote
