Quotes of: Capitol-hill Keyword

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

Robert Gottlieb

No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors.

Robert Gottlieb

It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree.

Robert Gottlieb

'The Leaves Are Fading' had something of a vogue when Antony Tudor made it in 1975, largely because of Gelsey Kirkland's ravishing performance.

Robert Gottlieb

Before containers, transport costs ate up 25 percent of the value of whatever was being shipped.

Rose George

There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live.

Rose George

I don't mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts.

Rachel Johnson

Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.

Rachel Johnson

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

Ross Kemp

Bill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters.

Rich Lowry

You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy.

Rich Lowry

When they are treated, the seriously mentally ill aren't more violent than the general population. If untreated, though, they are.

Rich Lowry

I date guys who are five, 10, 15 years older than I am.

Susan Ford

I moved out eventually of the White House and moved into a townhouse with a group of girls while I was in college.

Susan Ford

Switzerland still has a huge share of the watch market, all advertised at the airport on illuminated hoardings. Gosh, they are ugly.

Simon Hoggart

If you read the 'Daily Mail,' you would imagine that the British middle classes lead lives of unremitting misery.

Simon Hoggart

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

Sydney J. Harris

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.

Sam Levenson

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.

Sam Levenson

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

Sam Levenson

We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through.

Sam Levenson