37 quotes found
“Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.”
“Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.”
“Thats Manhattan todayall the money goes up top, while the infrastructure wastes away from neglect. The famous skyline is a cheap trick now, a sleight-of-hand to draw your eye from the truth, as ill...”
“The goal of a true family is not that their children follow in their footsteps, but that their children surpass them in all ways.”
“He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.”
“The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there dont vote.”
“Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.”
“If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.”
“A couple of buffoons were running for some state-senate seat just vacated by the incumbent's prison term. One accused the other of being "against the Internet" - a knockout punch in a world where w...”
“From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark.”
“You want proof evolution is for real, don’t waste your time with fossils; just check out the New York City rat. They started out as immigrants, stowaways in some ship’s cargo hold. Only the survivo...”
“Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.”
“Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry little sociopaths. Pretty and slick -- in love with themselves. When's the...”
“A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.”
“That’s Manhattan today—all the money goes up top, while the infrastructure wastes away from neglect. The famous skyline is a cheap trick now, a sleight-of-hand to draw your eye from the truth, as i...”
“The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don’t vote.”
