223 Brass Quotes & Sayings

We are lucky, even the worst of us, because daylight comes. — Jeanette Winterson

Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In sexual love we seek our own pleasure through the intermediary of another's body. In non-sexual love, we seek our own pleasure through the intermediary of an idea we have. The onanist may be an abject creature but in truth he is the logical expression of the lover. He is the only one who neither diguises nor deludes himself. — Pessoa, Fernando

We are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn't new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are. — Bill De Blasio

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson. — James Bay

Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of movie that reminds us why we watch them and make them, a beautifully told story that deserves to be not only remembered, but acknowledged for its writing. — Jason Reitman

It was an experience being on a Beatles tour. They weren't very good. The singing was great, but the playing was a bit weak. — Robin Trower

It's a funny semantic turn - when someone paints a landscape, no one says they "borrowed" it, only that they painted it. — Joe Bradley

Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words. — Jonathan Price

Christ himself deliberately staked his whole claim to the credit of men upon his resurrection. When asked for a sign, he pointed to this sign as his single and sufficient credential. — Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds. — Sophocles

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. — James Herriot

I feel fashion needs me for many, many years more. — Roberto Cavalli

Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing. — Jane Austen