“Someone told me something recently about Sarah Palin, someone I trusted in the book business. They said, "I worked with Palin. She did an event at my bookstore, and she was really, really nice, and even more beautiful in person." I didn't want to hear that. I wanted to hear that she was awful and hideous-looking. But I thought, I have to listen to that. I have to hear that. I don't want to be the one who is going to deny anything complimentary said about somebody just because I disagree with that person.” WantPersonsSaidBookWantedBeautifulNiceEventsDenyAwfulDisagreeTrustedThey SaidHideousReally NiceBookstoresPalin Author:David Sedaris
“Nearly everybody nowadays accepts the 'causal completeness of physics' - every physical event (or at least its probability) has a full physical cause. This leaves no room for non-physical things to make a causal difference to physical effects. But it would be absurd to deny that thoughts and feelings (and population movements and economic depressions . . .) cause physical effects. So they must be physical things.” FeelingsWould BeCausesDifferencesRoomsAcceptingEconomicEffectsEventsMovementPopulationDenyPhysicsAbsurdProbabilityThoughts And FeelingsCompletenessPhysical ThingsEconomic Depression Author:David Papineau
“...whatever other qualities Jews may posses, likable or the reverse, no one who knows them well can deny that they are personally interesting. By that I mean, specially alive, alert, quick at comprehending people or events and at making pungent or witty comments on them... One might at times find the rather hothouse family atmosphere, with it intensities and frictions, somewhat trying, but one could be sure of never being bored.” PeopleKnowsTryingWellsMayMeanMightInterestingQualityAliveEventsJewWittyDenyBoredAtmosphereCommentIntensityReverseJudaismFrictionPosseComprehendingBeing Bored Book:Free Associations: Memories of a Psychoanalyst Source: Free Associations: Memories of a Psychoanalyst
“I can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And should that happen, all Americans should be proud - not just African-Americans, but all Americans - that we have reached this point in our national history where such a thing could happen. It will also not only electrify our country, I think it'll electrify the world.” ThinkingWorldShouldI CanCountryHappensPresidentEventsProudDenyOur CountryAfrican AmericanBe ProudHistoric Author:Colin Powell