Don Tillman Quotes

I've sequenced the questions for maximum speed of elimination,' I explained. 'I believe I can eliminate most women in less than forty seconds. Then you can choose the topic of discussion for the remaining time.'
'But then it won't matter,' said Frances. 'I'll have been eliminated.'
'Only as a potential partner. We may still be able to have an interesting discussion.'
'But I'll have been eliminated.'
I nodded. 'Do you smoke?'
'Occasionally,' she said.
I put the questionnaire away. 'Excellent.' I was pleased that my question sequencing was working so well. We could have wasted time talking about ice-cream flavours and make-up only to find that she smoked. Needless to say, smoking was not negotiable. 'No more questions. What would you like to discuss? ~ Graeme Simsion

Greetings. My name is Don Tillman and I am a suspected paedophile. I wish to put myself on standby for an assessment. ~ Graeme Simsion

I have a theory that everyone is as odd as I am when they are alone.
Don Tillman ~ Graeme Simsion

To portray America over the past twenty years or so, I would think immediately of football, probably the Super Bowl in its sumptuous suggestion of a national death wish. ~ Don DeLillo

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something. ~ Don Cheadle

What I became a comedian for was to get my art out. To get some of these feelings and things I had on my chest out. I don't care if people believe them, listen to them, change their ways, or think, or any of that kind of crap. I'm interested in showing off. I'm the same kid from sixth grade who stood up and said "watch this." ~ George Carlin

Eleanor," he said, just because he liked saying it, "why do you like me?"
"I don't like you."
He waited. And waited ...
Then he started to laugh. "You're kind of mean," he said.
"Don't laugh. It just encourages me. ~ Rainbow Rowell

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up. ~ Don Henley

I've spent most of my life embracing violence in wars and revolutions. Even a famine is a form of violence. Because I photograph people in peril, people in pain, people being executed in front of me, I find it very difficult to get my head around the art narrative of photography. ~ Don McCullin

Some guys assume that they made this one girl orgasm by doing this one thing and now they do it to every woman they get with. If it doesn't work on you, then something about you must be broken. ~ Roberto Hogue

I kept telling myself this word, process. Focus on my process, don't care about the result. ~ Rory McIlroy

I think literature has lost it's power. Great novels continue to be written, but they are no longer changing the world. ~ Don DeLillo

But I'll take you, Don Clown stuffed with garlic," said Don Quixote, "and tie you to a tree as naked as when your mother brought you forth, and give you, not to say three thousand three hundred, but six thousand six hundred lashes, and so well laid on that they won't be got rid of if you try three thousand three hundred times; don't answer me a word or I'll tear your soul out. ~ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

We are living in interesting times where truths and propaganda are all mixed up and all you have to do is push a Hashtag and sell 'your truth. ~ DON SANTO

Motif, n.
You don't love me as much as I love you. You don't love me as much as I love you. You don't love me as much as I love you. ~ David Levithan

Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit ~ Edgar Guest

Radio was truly diverse in the seventies. A station would play a rock track, then a country track, then something else. You didn't have to change the dial if you wanted to hear a certain kind of sound. We knew we had a good shot at getting on the radio with the original Eagles sound, but we also knew the best-selling hit songs were all rock-oriented, which was why everyone but Bernie wanted to head in this direction. ~ Don Felder

It wont be long now it wont be long man is making deserts of the earth it wont be long now before man will have used it up so that nothing but ants and centipedes and scorpions can find a living on it. ~ Don Marquis

Sometimes I get into the movies and into the roles; it's hard for me to move on. ~ George Tillman, Jr.

Are you seeking to be offended? ~ Asa Don Brown

The high cost of living isnt so bad if you dont have to pay for it ~ Don Marquis

losing it on the world. But even if the ~ Robert Don Hughes

Peering succeeds because it leverages self-organization - a style of production that works more effectively than hierarchical management for certain tasks. ~ Don Tapscott

How many mistakes were made that we don?t know about. ~ James Hunt

Now this girl was about twenty-one years old. A sweet little coed. Spends a night with a married man. Goes home the next day and tells her mama and daddy. Don't ask me why. Maybe just to rub their faces in it. They decide she needs a lesson. Whole family drives out into the desert, right out to that spot we just passed. All three of them plus the girl's pet dog. Papa tells the girl to dig a shallow grave. Mama gets down on her hands and knees and holds the dog by the collar. When the girl is all through digging, papa gives her a .22 caliber revolver and tells her to shoot the dog. A real touching family scene. Make a good calendar for some religious group to give away. The girl puts the weapon to her temple and kills herself. Now isn't that a heartwarming story? Restores my faith in just about everything. ~ Don DeLillo

When I am writing political op-eds, I do think carefully about the impact of my words. When I am writing fiction, it's a different story. In my fiction I am more reckless. I don't care about the real world until I am done with the book. ~ Elif Safak

I've always been drawn to the best writing that I can find. I don't care if it's in movies or theater or whatever - if you want to be in front of an audience, you have to do writing you believe in. ~ Ethan Hawke

She missed the autumn weekends at somebody's country house, leaf-fall and touch football, kids tumbling down grassy slopes, leaders and followers, all watched by a pair of tall slender dogs poised on their haunches like figures in myth. ~ Don DeLillo

The old don was finding it hard to live in Christian hope and the general trajectory of his thoughts was retrospective rather than anticipatory. He had recently met his first wife in a pub for a drink and he had expected, foolishly and romantically, that they might speak about the love that they had once shared and what might have been had they stayed together, but instead they had talked about growing deaf, their arthritis, and how much time they had left on earth. 'Old ~ James Runcie

You said that love could not be feigned and could not be stolen" she said passionately. "And now you say I am to be your queen. And yet you imprison me and give me no freedom. You know what it is like to be caged, It is a death. You tell me I cannot hide from you and yet you punish me for hiding.You say you do not want me to fear you and you treat me like I am a slave. Forgive me my Lord"-and here she bowed her head sadly, contrite and meek-"I don not understand why you are punishing me for something you say I cannot do. I do not understand your love, if this is the love you offer me. ~ Alison Croggon

I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one. ~ Don Rickles

I don't believe in bad and good, I believe we are all a mix of both. ~ Demian Bichir

Between each album I try to gain a new insight that I didn't have before and perhaps write a song about something that I've written about before, but from a fresh viewpoint. ~ Don Henley

His credibility is zilch, virtually nil. ~ Don King

He was a foreigner here. There was no profit in discontent. He could not apply his bitterness. It was American-made and had no local standing. For the first time he realized what a dangerous thing he'd done, leaving his country. He struggled against this awareness. He hated knowing something he didn't want to know. ~ Don DeLillo

Life is not supposed to be this calcified experience where you don't change. ~ Jamie Lee Curtis

It is not only my heart that is heavy-laden, but the hearts and minds of so many who have been burdened by the tragedies, bloodshed, and woes of our time. ~ Asa Don Brown

Always make your familial environment a safe and inviting place. ~ Asa Don Brown

Don't you dare get discouraged. Don't you dare believe that failure is permanent or insurmountable. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

When a guest blogger can't even be bothered sharing their own post on their social networks; they're pretty much admitting 'I don't care about this post, and I don't want to be associated with it'. In the end these guests posts are just another form of spam. ~ George Stevens

For far too long, there has been a racial divide that has plagued our country. The egregious acts of discrimination and prejudices will no longer be tolerated. ~ Asa Don Brown

If you don't believe me, did you happen to notice that all that's being asked for is the right to be married, which ironically promotes commitment, family and love. ~ Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson

The bow in hand, he finally staggered up and glanced down the alley, obviously searching for whoever had – what had he said? – 'called' him? Though he didn't look much taller than her, the vast array of weapons – enough to fight a whole troop of French soldiers – was terrifying and slightly ridiculous. Like what a little boy might don to pretend to be some ancient warrior.

A warrior. Oh, by the Most High…

He was looking for her. Nahri was the one who had called him. ~ S.A. Chakraborty

Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers. ~ Don Roff

That's great. Tell me about it. I hate my life. I'm at the point where I want to hear about other people's lives. it's like switching from fiction to biography. The beginning of the end. ~ Don DeLillo

Plot a murder, you're saying. But every plot is a murder in effect. To plot is to die, whether we know it or not. [ ... ] To plot, to take aim at something, to shape time and space. This is how we advance the art of human consciousness. (WN 291-2) ~ Don DeLillo

I was born gay, just as I was born black. ~ Don Lemon

Don't play on safe, you must learn few rules and the other is just lessons. ~ Deyth Banger

I kiss grandmas because they're clean. I haven't picked anything up from a grandma yet. ~ Don Ho

Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are. ~ Don Herold