617 Quotes & Sayings

I called for a consumer protection financial bureau before it was created. And I think the best evidence that the Wall Street people at least know where I stand and where I have always stood is because they are trying to beat me in this primary. — Hillary Clinton

My outfit said style but casual. They say clothes make a statement. Hey, mine made a whole conversation. — Jax Abbott

We, the garden of technology. We, undecidable. — John Cage

If he betrays you, I will finish what I started with his fingers," he said, and I shivered. "Tell him that. — Kim Harrison

We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. — Iyanla Vanzant

So quiet and subtle is the beauty of December that escapes the notice of many people their whole lives through.. Colour gives way to form. every branch distinct, in a delicate tracery against the sky.. new vistas obscured all Summer by leafage, now open up. — Flora Thompson

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels. — John Calvin

They're fooling themselves," I say. "It's better to deal with your shit head on. Life doesn't get better if you look away. — Ann Aguirre

Here lies a man who was given a medal for killing two men, and a dishonorable discharge for loving one. — Leonard Matlovich

When we vest our personal opinions with the trappings of religion, we make religion the servant of our politics. — John C. Danforth

When you are enthusiastic and optimistic with faith, nothing will be impossible for you to achieve. — Debasish Mridha

I was just interested in directing. So I just kept having a go at trying to write little scripts and get things together, and my wife just had a slip of the tongue and said, "Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life" when she meant to say "Frank Capra's." There it is right there. That's a gag that we could make into something. — Peter Capaldi

August is the month when wars start. It's when the water dries up and the spirit begins to wither. Insomniacs pull down their shades and lock themselves in their rooms in August. Lifelong friends have fist fights. People feel like they're going to burst. Sometimes they do. — Al Aronowitz

I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers ... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted. — Terry Pratchett

Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it. — Fran Lebowitz