People look at the same passage, and one person will say this is the best thing he's ever read, and another person will say it's absolutely idiotic. I mean, there's no way to reconcile those two things. You just have to forget the whole business of what people are saying. Paul Auster
People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone. Aimee Mullins
People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations. Barbara Deming
People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both. Jonathan Carroll
Personally, I believe in fiction because the stories I like are those with a beginning and an end. Italo Calvino
Personally, I believe in fiction because the stories I like are those with a beginning and an end. Italo Calvino
Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best. Lynn Swann
Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases. David Brin
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.H. Jackson Brown,Jr.
Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status. Tammy Bruce
Science fiction isn't just thinking about the world out there. It's also thinking about how that world might be - a particularly important exercise for those who are oppressed, because if they're going to change the world we live in, they - and all of us - have to be able to think about a world that works differently. Samuel R.Delany
Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people. Margaret Atwood
Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in January 2010 when he out-hustled Martha Coakley and stole the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held all those years. And since then, the Democrats haven't lost a single statewide fight. Howie Carr
Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. Martha Beck
Shoes make an outfit. You can throw on a crazy shirt and crazy pants but you add those shoes - done. Russell Westbrook
Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made. Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made. Greg Lemond
Sixteen games, to me, is a long enough schedule for anybody. We're already concerning ourselves with head injuries and bodily harm to all of the professional athletes. Add to extra games to it, (and) you are just increasing those risks. Emmitt Smith
Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. Ralph Ellison
Some people say they have a thirst for life. They're excited about every day and they're prepared to look the bad and the good straight in the face and greet it all with a smile. I like to think I'm one of those people. Amy Jo Martin
Statistically, I'd say there are about as many gay figure skaters as there are gay football players. The majority are straight. There are just those few exceptions, and those are the ones who have gotten picked on and followed over the years. Johnny Weir