#poke

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#civilized #cured #endure #even #food

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#different #everything #little #loud #out

My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about. ↗

— Anita Hill

#difficult #embarrassing #had #i #lead

I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#generating #had #hollywood #houses #i

I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.' ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#asked #came #come #doing #friend

I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#different #even #every #fan #fighters

You might say I was a little bit more outspoken... I spoke my mind. ↗

— Bobby Hull

#i #little #little bit #might #mind

People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker. ↗

— Mary Austin

#how #i #know #learned #much

Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake. ↗

— Warren Beatty

#call #crackpot #had #his #me

Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people. ↗