“Lots of people say it's the song. For me, it's not always the song - there's something bigger: the spirit of an artist.” Quote by Steve Lillywhite
“One of the reasons the English got through all their falls and the loss of their empire, all their disasters, their strikes, their difficulties, their wars through the years was they had Shakespeare to fall back on. And they speak well in England.” YearsWellsWarReasonFallSpeakLossDifficultyEnglandStrikesDisasterEmpiresFall BackThrough The Years Author:Norman Mailer
“People who live under fascism are not only miserable but they're full of shame. You just don't go in and inject democracy into them. They're half crazy with their own.” PeopleHalfDemocracyCrazyShameMiserableFascism Author:Norman Mailer
“I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.” ThinkingWantKidsParentAchievePressure Author:Wayne Gretzky
“A democracy depends upon people getting brighter all the time. Democracies are delicate. They're not just ipso facto and just go on and on.” PeopleDemocracyGoes OnDependsDelicateBrighter Author:Norman Mailer
“There are these two kinds of patriotism. There's blind patriotism, unflagging patriotism. And then there's the patriotism that says I live in a democracy and it's very important for the health and the life of this democracy that it get better all the time, not get worse.” KindTwoImportantDemocracyBlindGet BetterIt Gets Better Author:Norman Mailer
“The nightmare in every democracy, the very nightmare, is if it gets worse and worse and worse, we could end up totalitarian.” IfsEndsDemocracyNightmare Author:Norman Mailer
“We have an absolute right in a democracy to argue about a war.” WarDemocracyAbsolutesArguing Author:Norman Mailer
“Reagan bankrupted the Soviet Union by increasing armaments.” UnionsSovietSoviet UnionArmament Author:Norman Mailer
“I'm not happy unless I've got a little bit of fear going.” LittlesBitsLittle BitNot Happy Author:Naomi Watts