5930 Bold Quotes & Sayings

A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double; And that is life! — Paul Laurence Dunbar

From all that urges and admonishes, the romantic turns away. He wants to dream, enjoy, immerse himself, instead of clearing his way by striving and wrestling. That which has been and rises out of what is past occupies him far more than what is to become and also more than what wants to become; for the word of the future would always be command. Experiences with their many echoes and their billows stand higher in his estimation than life with its tasks; for tasks always establish a bond with harsh reality. And from this he is in flight. He does not want to struggles against fate, but rather to receive it with an ardent and devout soul; he does not want to wrestle for the blessing, but to experience it, abandoning himself, devoid of will, to what spells salvation and bliss. — Leo Baeck

I love comics. Comics are something I've always wanted to do. — Rebecca Sugar

Apollo was god of poetry as well as archery, and I'd heard him recite in person. I'd almost rather get shot by an arrow — Rick Riordan

Now, I admire The Sims as a game, but from a story viewpoint, there are two glaring problems. First, your relationship with those characters is like they're bugs in a jar. There's no empathy. And secondly, you've got this clunky, chemistry-set interface between you and them, with bars to show how tired or angry they are. It's all tell not show. — Dave Morris

It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be. — Tom Daschle

Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record. — Pete Rozelle

Most people hear an airplane in the sky and think, 'There's an airplane,' and go back to what they were doing. A few folks look around for the airplane, try to figure out what kind of plane it is, and watch it from the time they spot it to the time it disappears on the horizon, maybe after that. Those kids are the ones who will be pilots." He pointed at me. "I knew that about you. I've just been waiting for you to show up. — Jennifer Echols

War ... some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from. — Gerry Adams

You look like you want to be fucked. Is that right? Do you want to be fucked, darling? — Monica Kaye

I had a girlfriend before I ever had a boyfriend, but it was just a phase. — Mark Gatiss

Her father was outraged. Now you sell your stories, how soon before you will sell yourself? — Alice Munro