A. O. Scott Quotes
Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss.
I first got into fruit when I was a teenager, when my life was changing in every way. The first time I had a mango, at like 18, I was like, 'Where has this been my whole life?
I believe the things that happened to me as a child scarred me terribly, and I wish somebody would have helped me with some of the things that happened.
I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.
I think a case could be made that there's sort of a crisis of masculinity in the West. Particularly with white males.
There cannot be any greater challenge to the law than trying to adjudicate mass crimes like war crimes.
At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.
The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots.
The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo.
The music has to be as interesting. It has to keep taking you into places that you're at least not used to.
Governors should be defined not just by what they do and say, but who they surround themselves with.
I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.
I just think this is people who are chronically looking for ways to be upset about things.
Every time I bring an album it's like I'm bringing in the plague, once again. I don't actually know what category it all falls into, but I've stopped worrying about it.
You have phantom income each year. No money is being put in your pocket, but you have to take some money out of your pocket to pay Uncle Sam because the tax is paid based on accretion.
It all starts from the lyric with me. If I work really hard on the lyric and get it right, then it will tell me whatever else to do, where to go.
About 70 percent of everything is really sketched out on my keyboard beforehand, because I do want accidents to happen in the studio.
My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer.
I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.
A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.
And I think Governor Romney has a shot if the 'R' next to his name doesn't just stand for 'Republican,' it stands for 'reformer.
You see, here in America there's a reason why we celebrate the 4th of July and not April 15th because in America we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it.
But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.
I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term.
We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers.
Mitt Romney turned businesses around in the private sector. He saved the Winter Olympics.
Someone stole my heart. I haven't gotten it back, because I haven't found anyone to steal it back for me.
What is shape without form; What is chaos without order; What is life without death; What is friendship without love; What isn't?
You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.