I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part.
In effect, the poor person is a rich person left to fend for him or herself, without the support of institutions that help the person to take 'good' decisions.
And who says you always have to understand things? You can like them without understanding them -- like 'em better sometimes.
Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.
You think being dead inside is bad until someone brings you back to life and stabs you in the chest without the intention of killing you.
I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.
What I really like to do is write 'genre' stories without a cartoonish element. I did the same with 'Da Vinci's Demons,' and I'll do the same with 'Man of Steel.'
If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
In my Philly neighborhood, black and white kids hung together without even thinking about it. The spirit of Martin Luther King was alive and well.
We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.
I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century.
Films are wonderful but they do fix an identity. I can't read 'Pride and Prejudice' anymore, for instance, without imaging Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.
A fragrance that matches the personality of the man or woman who wears it is an integral part of the memory that you have of him or her. It goes without saying that it's a formidable weapon of seduction.
Without Hitler, the State of Israel probably would not exist today. To that extent he was probably the Jews' greatest friend.
I don't know how television or radio is going to survive without newspapers because that's where they get all their news. It's going to be hopeless.
I get 'USA Today,' the 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Star-Telegram' at my doorstep. I can't do without them.
I have an ElliptiGO. It's a standup bicycle. You don't pedal; you stride on it. It allows me to have the same striding motion as running without the impact.
I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can?
Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first.
I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful.
I have a secret sibling that I never knew existed and who was given up for adoption at birth by my parents, and she was born without legs.
