I think people have turned terrorists into these larger-than-life devils and so are unable to write about them in the obvious way, which is as human, petty, bumbling.
It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.
Lindsey Graham can't lead us in any direction because he traded his moral compass for petty political gain.
Petty thievery is a more profitable job than pool hustling, which it resembles, requires far less talent and training, and is equally devoid of promise.
As he grew older, his material was just as relevant and just as exciting and the band's just as killer... It seems surreal that there's no more Tom Petty, in person.
When you go back and listen to 30 years of Tom Petty records, they are pretty consistent. I love that.
It's like Richard Petty always said, 'Racing isn't the job. That's where we get away from our job.' That's where we go out and have fun and get away from the madness. No one can bother you in there. There's no phones, no interviews - it's just you, driving.
Too often, we see wedge politics and petty rhetoric used to belittle adversaries and inflame partisan divisions.
The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
Amazon is famously run by studying and responding to its own data; yet when it comes to promotions, decisions are often subjective and guided by human emotions and petty political dynamics.
Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.