“Americans - not just starting thirty years ago but going back to the beginning, when we were rebelling against King George - we've always been of two minds about the government, which is why the framers wrote the Constitution the way they did.” WayYearsMindTwoGovernmentKingsYears AgoConstitutionStartingThirtyThirty YearsFramersTwo Minds Author:William J. Clinton
“Many years ago in a period commonly know as Next Friday Afternoon, there lived a King who was very Gloomy on Tuesday mornings because he was so Sad thinking about how Unhappy he had been on Monday and how completely Mournful he would be on Wednesday.” ThinkingKnowsYearsWould BeNextMorningKingsPeriodsHumorousYears AgoUnhappyAfternoonMondayFridayGloomyTuesdayWednesdaySo SadFriday AfternoonTuesday Morning Author:Walt Kelly
“I think we need to insist on a certain responsibility, which people have - particularly those who have made it into the ranks of the middle class because as [ Martin Luther] King said many years ago in a sense they have climbed out of the masses on the shoulders of their sisters and brothers and therefore, they do have some responsibility.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsMadeSaidCertainResponsibilityClassMiddleBrotherKingsMassYears AgoShouldersMade ItMiddle ClassBrothers And SistersLuther Author:Angela Davis
“Just as the Huns under their king Attila created for themselves a thousand years ago a name which men still respect, you should give the name of German such cause to be remembered in China that no Chinaman will dare look a German in the face.” MenGivingShouldYearsLooksStillsFacesNamesCausesKingsThousandYears AgoDareChinaRememberedThousand Years Author:Wilhelm II
“The other cool thing is, even with Jessica [Johnson], or Daredevil, I had taken a break from those characters for a while in the comics, so I can enjoy the shows without the agita. I completely love the Daredevil show. I feel no physical connection to it, because it was 10 years ago since I wrote that comic, so I can just enjoy it. And when people connect it in a positive way to me, I go, "Well, that's very f - king flattering!"” PeopleWayFeelsYearsWellsI CanCharacterShowsEnjoyBreakTakenKingsYears AgoConnectionsComicJohnsonFlatteringCool ThingsJessicaDaredevil Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“Saul Bellow has that character in Henderson the Rain King say: "I want, I want, I want!"9 I remember reading this passage years ago and thinking, yes, that's the human.” ThinkingWantYearsHumansCharacterRememberReadingKingsRainYears AgoPassages Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“We want to use cash. The reason we haven't used our cash two years ago, we just didn't find things that were that attractive. But when people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything. There are times when cash buys more than other times, and this is one of the other times when it buys a fair amount more, so we use it.” PeopleIfsWantYearsDoeTwoReasonUseUsedHavensAmountKingsFairsYears AgoAttractiveTwo YearsCashTwo Years Ago Author:Warren Buffett
“10 years ago the black man knew what his condition was. And today, because of the world revolution that's taking place all over this earth, the black man would be fighting for what he knows is his by right, but the movement on the part of [Martin Luther] King and the others had done nothing but slow down the militancy that is inherent in the nature of the black man.” KnowsMenWorldYearsDoneWould BeTodayEarthFightingBlackConditionsMovementRevolutionKingsYears AgoInherentSlow DownLutherMilitancy Author:Malcolm X
“I ran into Stephen King once in New York a few years ago and outside the Carlyle and he said, "You're in the pink." Which sounded so Stephen King. He's doing well I think after his accident and all of that, years and years ago.” ThinkingYearsWellsSaidNew YorkKingsYears AgoAccidentsRan Author:Kathy Bates
“For example, it was this pack of wolves that sparked off the Rodney King affair a few years ago in Los Angeles. Let us consider the situation: a person videos Rodney King being beaten up by the cops. That person then sends in the footage to the TV station. Within hours riots flare up in the city!” YearsPersonsHoursCitiesSituationExampleTvsKingsYears AgoAffairVideoStationsLos AngelesCopPacksBeatenRiotFlareFlare UpPacks Of Wolves Author:Paul Virilio
“The ideals and principles for which Martin Luther King Jr. fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.” YearsTodayPrinciplesKingsIdealsYears AgoForgottenRelevantDrs Author:George Lucas
“Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed, "and I must slay him at once. The Formula works!" "Your Formula must result in a great deal of fighting," I mused. "Oh, yes, when applied correctly mighty and noble battles result! Of course I always win—the value of Prince X is a constant. It cannot be lesser than that of Monster Y—this is the Moral Superiority Hypothesis made famous five hundred years ago by my ancestor Ethelred, the Mathematician-King. We have never seen his equal, in all these centuries.” YearsMadeValuesFightingCoursesWinningResultsDealsMoralFiveCenturyKingsBattleEqualHundredYears AgoConstantNobleMonstersFormulasAncestorMathematicianSuperiorityHypothesisMoral SuperiorityI Always Win Author:Catherynne M. Valente
“I ordered a coffee and a little something to eat and savored the warmth and dryness. Somewhere in the background Nat King Cole sang a perky tune. I watched the rain beat down on the road outside and told myself that one day this would be twenty years ago.” YearsLittlesWould BeKingsOne DayBeatsRainYears AgoTwentiesCoffeeBackgroundsTunesWarmthPerky Author:Bill Bryson
“Somewhere there was once a Flower, a Stone, a Crystal, a Queen, a King, a Palace, a Lover and his Beloved, and this was long ago, on an Island somewhere in the ocean 5,000 years ago. . . . Such is Love, the Mystic Flower of the Soul. This is the Center, the Self.” LoveYearsLongSoulSelfFlowerSelf LoveKingsLoversOceanYears AgoStonesQueensBelovedIslandsLong AgoPalacesCrystalsMystic Author:Carl Jung