“Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?”
Naomi Novik (1973) American writer
Source: Zombies Vs. Unicorns
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-does-hollywood-hate-to-save-a-life
“Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?”
Naomi Novik (1973) American writer
Source: Zombies Vs. Unicorns
“The L. A. Times, it's an anti-Christian publication, as is the New York Times.”
Mel Gibson (1956) American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
The New Yorker September 15 2003.
Ernest Bevin (1881–1951) British labour leader, politician, and statesman
New York World, 10 May 1926
Message to the American Federation of Labor appealing for help in the General Strike.
Ray Romano (1957) American stand-up comedian
as "Patient #3" to Dr. Katz in Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 60
“New York, New York. Big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain't always what it seems.”
Adam Goldstein (1973–2009) American DJ
http://twitter.com/DJ_AM/status/3543399699 Last Twitter posting by DJ AM
August 25, 2009
Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971) Socialite, actress, model
Edie : Girl On Fire (2006)
Clifford D. Simak book Time is the Simplest Thing
Source: Time is the Simplest Thing (1961), Chapter 9 (p. 70)
Tom Robbins (1932) American writer
The Syntax of Sorcery (2012)
Context: Christians, and some Jews, claim we're in the "end times," but they've been saying this off and on for more than two thousand years. According to Hindu cosmology, we're in the Kali Yuga, a dark period when the cow of history is balanced precariously on one leg, soon to topple. Then there are our new-age friends who believe that this December we're in for a global cage-rattling which, once the dust has settled, will usher in a great spiritual awakening.
Most of this apocalyptic noise appears to be just wishful thinking on the part of people who find life too messy and uncertain for comfort, let alone for serenity and mirth. The truth, from my perspective, is that the world, indeed, is ending – and is also being reborn. It's been doing that all day, every day, forever. Each time we exhale, the world ends; when we inhale, there can be, if we allow it, rebirth and spiritual renewal. It all transpires inside of us. In our consciousness, in our hearts. All the time.
Otherwise, ours is an old, old story with an interesting new wrinkle. Throughout most of our history, nothing – not flood, famine, plague, or new weapons – has endangered humanity one-tenth as much as the narcissistic ego, with its self-aggrandizing presumptions and its hell-hound spawn of fear and greed. The new wrinkle is that escalating advances in technology are nourishing the narcissistic ego the way chicken manure nourishes a rose bush, while exploding worldwide population is allowing its effects to multiply geometrically. Here's an idea: let's get over ourselves, buy a cherry pie, and go fall in love with life.
Sue Monk Kidd book The Secret Life of Bees
Variant: People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It'shard. If God said in plain language, "I'm giving you a choice, forgive or die," a lot of people would go ahead and order their coffin.
Source: The Secret Life of Bees