25801 Quotes & Sayings

Most books germinate within you for a long time before they are ready to come out. I wrote several drafts of the novel over many years and when I finally got to the last one, it didn't take much time. — Pankaj Mishra

Fashion is the armor to survive everyday life. — Bill Cunningham

Stand fast, firm and steadfast. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I think that in order to know love one must make a mistake and then correct it. — Leo Tolstoy

The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought: ... — Sri Aurobindo

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof. — Brittany Murphy

Writing books is fun because after I do a show for a couple hours, I'm in a bus for 22 hours. It's not hard for me to look out the window and tell a joke here and there. — Willie Nelson

I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad. — Bill Pullman

Mr. Nak taught me a trick. He told me to think of fear as a person who's going to be around whether he's invited or not. He said, Think of him like a big ol' bully pain-in-the-butt cousin you cain't get rid of, an' the only way to get your binniss done is to allow him to tag along, because he's goin' to anyway. Then don't take your eye off him a minute, so he don't get the chance to make you look like a horse's patoot. — Chris Crutcher

I like to think I'm generally accessible, but I give readers the benefit of the doubt of being reasonably culturally-literate. — Alonso Duralde

Women really do want to be on time. It's just that everything starts so darn early. — Sela Ward