#they say

In our period, they say there is free speech. They say there is no penalty for poets, There is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

#free speech #our #penalty #period #poems

Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. A lot of them turn up and they know everything about me. They say: 'You scored 346 goals' or 'You wore the No9 shirt for Liverpool.' ↗

— Ian Rush

#everything #go #goals #google #kids

Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#forum #functions #give #just #los

When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.' ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#comedy #funny #i #kind #oh

If I had to name one thing that probably causes more conflict within the band, it's probably the fact that I'm the girl, and it takes much longer with hair and makeup and wardrobe. But they've gotten used to it. It's one of those things I think they realize that when they say she'll be ready in 10 minutes, it normally means 15 or 20. ↗

— Hillary Scott

#causes #conflict #fact #girl #gotten

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten? ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#being #eat #eaten #enough #escaped

Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. ↗

— I. F. Stone

#every #government #liars #nothing #run

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#important #important things #nobody #people #poorly

People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask them what they cook, and they say, 'I don't really cook.' They're afraid, they're intimidated, they know all about food from eating out and watching TV, but they don't know where to start in their own kitchen. ↗

— Michael Symon

#afraid #ask #come #cook #eating

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#good #governments #lie #look #nothing