27 January Birthdays Quotes & Sayings

I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.' — Ian McEwan

We should never suffer Cuba to pass from the hands of Spain to any other European power. — Henry Cabot Lodge

The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go exploring. — Kurt Vonnegut

She couldn't help thinking, even now about how handsome Damon looked, how wild and dark and ferocious and gorgeous. She could help thinking about the times he'd smiled at her, laughed at her, come to save her at her urgent call. She had honestly thought that someday ... But now she felt as if her heart were breaking in two. — L.J.Smith

They tipped over. A light went on in the house, and Harry — Joel Dicker

We live by the scars we choose. — L.G. Kelso

If a man loses one-third of his skin he dies; if a tree loses one-third of its bark, it too dies. If the Earth is a 'sentient being', would it not be reasonable to expect that if it loses one-third of its trees and vegetable covering, it will also die? — Richard St. Barbe Baker

People forget what a big issue toilet training is for adults and kids, and it is not fun, especially when you're in a car on the interstate. — Robert Munsch

I wanted my art to deal with very formal concerns and to deal with very material concerns, and to deal with antecedents and art history, which for me go very far beyond just the influence of African-American artists. — Rashid Johnson

(...) but she soused herself again in the deep satisfactory possession, feeling that what with this and the moon (music that was, the moon), she could afford to leave this man and that pride of his (...) buried. — Virginia Woolf

Life is going on even if you are not on the train. — Debasish Mridha

I can feel my dreams but I can't remember them. — Terry Gilliam

be more important than the cross? Without it we have no atonement, no redemption. Paul resolved to preach Christ and Him crucified. Yet without — R.C. Sproul

A topic is not interesting enough until it is multi layered. There is no vigor in a motive without many layers. One also learns quite a lot when one has been working on a difficult painting. That is my feeling. I believe that. — Odd Nerdrum

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail. — Elon Musk