2285 Lance Quotes & Sayings

I admire the poetic relationship to place as enacted in Wallace Stevens' poems; his poetics strikes me as an argument against the restraints of realism. — Cate Marvin

I have always hated the emptiness that winter brings, the blank landscape and the stark difference between sky and ground, the way it transforms trees into skeletons and the city into a wasteland. Maybe this winter I can be persuaded otherwise. — Veronica Roth

Beside his own person and his own interests, nothing is sacred to the psychopath. — Erik Larson

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous — Livy

But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Meaning, you can't go horseback riding with Jackie O in Central Park if you're going to make a joke about her that night. — Joan Rivers

You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy. — R. Kelly

It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win. — Johan Cruijff

I was raised a Roman Catholic and had to go to the eight o'clock Mass every morning and have communion and wear a tie, kind of like a restricted life style. Then in the '60s, we got wild and let it go and started looking in other places to see where God really was, and I came back to the Christian thing. — Roger McGuinn

I've learned that the more people I love - and I mean really, really, completely, unconditionally love - the happier I am. — Penny Reid

In Eden who sleeps happiest? The serpent. — Derek Walcott

All moms are different. I was made to be the exact mom that my children need. I am glad to learn from other moms, but I have to be watchful that I don't try to become someone I am not. — Elaine Mingus

As they walked out of the store, Ifemelu said, "I was waiting for her to ask 'Was it the one with two eyes or the one with two legs?' Why didn't she just ask 'Was it the black girl or the white girl?'"
Ginika laughed. "Because this is America. You're supposed to pretend that you don't notice certain things. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie