I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.
Ben Nelson

I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.
William Gaddis

I take refuge in my books.
Julia Ward Howe

I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.
George Galloway

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
Lord Chesterfield

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
Aristotle

It's going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to ourselves where we can refuge ourselves and cut ourselves off from the world.
Milla Jovovich

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
Tony Wilson

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
Aaron Allston

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.
James Cash Penney

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
Bertrand Russell

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.
Orson Welles

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
Emile M. Cioran

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
Maya Angelou

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.
Luis Barragan

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Barbara Ehrenreich

Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much.
Marisa Tomei