FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The three of us stood there for a minute. I don't know what Stew was thinking, and the filing cabinet wasn't thinking anything. But I was thinking, is this the ... (Lemony Snicket)

For the billionaire looking for the extra billion, and indeed for the participant in an experimental economics project looking for the extra dollar, money is a proxy for points on ... (Daniel Kahneman)

He flapped his mouth some more, and then shook himself awake, came to a decision, and starting sneaking huge, theatrical looks around the restaurant, as a way of telling all ... (Hugh Laurie)

A Sufi is alive to the value of time, and is given, every moment, to what that moment demands. ... (Idries Shah)

I am a slave to fashion. I love to get into what's hot and current when I dress myself or somebody else. Usually, it's someone else because I'm constantly working ... (Ruth E. Carter)

A minute ago you told me that you thought I was cute." "Yeah," Leo said. "I mean, I do think that. But you're not my girlfriend. You're my person." I ... (Ally Condie)

Bear with me G-Harrison because this is going to be a long speech. I've always had this feeling that the world is not enough and I won't be happy in ... (Michael Diack)

It's so funny, because when I was growing up in a small town in New Hampshire, I was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio - from the 'Growing Pains'/'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' ... (Eliza Coupe)

One of the things that you never realise while you are young is that things do come to an end. ... (George Ogilvie)

Rest assured, the government is ready to support and enhance the competitiveness of the biotechnology industry. ... (Mo Mowlam)

I like the scene in the first 'Scream' movie where Sidney gets up, and dusk is falling, and she's looking out at the hills of Santa Rosa, there where it ... (Marco Beltrami)

She came at him sideways, away from his legs, reaching down to pull the duct tape away. He didn't even notice the pain, spitting out the rag someone had put ... (Anne Stuart)

Man, first I'm shot, now I'm going to be a friggin' zombie. At this rate, I'll never live to have my first date or a driver's license. Ah, gah! I've ... (Sherrilyn Kenyon)

In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that keep fresh in my memory. So ... (Ray Bergman)

My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went ... (Menachem Begin)

And Lucy." She looked like she might cry. 'What about her?' "Lucy smells like food." She nearly gagged saying it. 'Sol, all that's normal. Lucy smelled good before I turned, ... (Alyxandra Harvey)

What will you do with your self? Many men and women are still in darkness, trying to figure out the meaning and purpose of life. But no matter what you ... (K.P. Yohannan)

The 1930s was a funny time. People knew they might not live for another six months, so if they were attracted to one another, there was no time to dawdle. ... (Alan Furst)

In good company your thoughts run, in solitude your thought is still; it goes deeper and makes for itself a deeper groove, delves. Delve meansa 'dig with a spade'; it ... (Rumer Godden)

He wrote and kept reading aloud what was written, while Vasilisa considered what she ought to write: how great had been their want the year before, how their corn had ... (Anton Chekhov)

Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall. ... (Matthew Arnold)

Historically, it appears that society has capitalized on what is at most a degree of difference between the sexes in order to institutionalize the polarization of aggression. ... (Freda Adler)

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it. ... (Katarina Witt)

What about Tom Jones? He's made a million and he's a bloody awful singer. ... (Prince Philip)

Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest ... (Andre Benjamin)

Christians have no greater ally than Israel. ... (Ted Cruz)

Shoulder again and she was laughing. "You can rot in hell, Dillon." Dillon said, "For God's sake, no," and half-slipped to the floor. "Now don't be silly, old friend, make ... (Jack Higgins)

Denial is the way people handle what they cannot handle. ... (Shannon L. Alder)

I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the ... (Oscar Isaac)

I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a ... (O. Henry)