1081 Form Quotes & Sayings

Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the course of compiling them. — Alice Thomas Ellis

The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the rest of this continent, they were constant losers in trade. — Ezra Stiles

Corruption is an inevitable by-product of the present structure of Nigeria's federalism. Once we restructure the polity into a true fiscal federalism, everything else will simply fall into place. Until then, corruption remains as official as it is legal in Nigeria. — Tony Osborg

Inspiration is everywhere! I think you just have to have your eyes open. — LeAnn Rimes

As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories do not need telling. — Khaled Hosseini

Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please. — Philip Sidney

We're having a celebration, so all sorts of things have been said which are not true,' I said. 'That's how to act at a party. — Kurt Vonnegut

Antonio stepped into Pax's path and said, in English, "Go back to Lazarus and tell him we'll settle whatever claim he has on Sara. She is Baldoni. Ours. Run tell him that, figlio di puttana."
"He's not from Lazarus," she snapped.
"All the better," Antonio said. "Nothing to stop me from cutting his bollocks off."
"You will leave his bollocks precisely as they are."
"I am your closest male relation - "
"You are my closest male idiot. No-one removes any man's balls on my behalf. I will do whatever castrating is necessary among my acquaintance."
"Children," Uncle Bernadro said midly, "he speaks Italian. — Joanna Bourne

I felt amazed at the choosing one had to do, over and over a million times daily
choosing love, then choosing it again ... how loving and being in love could be so different. — Sue Monk Kidd

But over time, people can lose their innate ability to fascinate. They acquire layers of boring. — Sally Hogshead

If who you are and what you have is what you want, that's perfect. Keep doing what you've been doing and you'll get more of it. — Chris Prentiss

Dreams in your life are like light bulbs that brighten your room. But having them on the ceiling is just not enough; you got to make an effort by pressing on the switch and there it goes taking away the darkness! — Israelmore Ayivor