Quotes of: Thompson Keyword

The House of Lords says I'm not a member of it. My passport says I am - get used to it.

Christopher Monckton

In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary.

Colleen McCullough

All writing is presumption, of course, since no one knows what it is like to be another human being.

Cynthia Ozick

Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.

Carine Roitfeld

Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.

Carine Roitfeld

I think the 'Harpers Bazaar' woman is not a fashion victim; she understands fashion but is not a victim, you know.

Carine Roitfeld

I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.

Carine Roitfeld

It's very difficult for designers today. How can someone produce so many shows? Now the minimum is four a year.

Carine Roitfeld

I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.

Cokie Roberts

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Carl Sagan

The more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means more arguing.

Clay Shirky

Whether it's long-form journalism or investigative journalism, it's no fun to just be the guy diagnosing the problem.

Clay Shirky

More interesting than thinking about what's possible in 10 years is thinking what's possible now but that no one has built.

Clay Shirky

I am not somebody who believes everyone is equally talented; talent remains unequally distributed.

Clay Shirky

Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.

Clay Shirky

People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.

Cristina Saralegui

Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astounding universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.

Carl Sagan

Could we possible manage the next phase of human history without first dealing with this penchant for dehumanizing the adversary?

Carl Sagan

taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.

Carl Sagan

What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.

Calvin Trillin

What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.

Calvin Trillin