65738 Quotes & Sayings

To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of the spark. — Roland Barthes

But if you peeled away the ornamental egos that she had built, there was only an abyss of nothingness and the intense thirst that came with it. — Haruki Murakami

Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds. — William Shakespeare

Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion. — Ronnie Wood

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper. — E.B. White

A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films. — Abel Ferrara

If I were not French I would choose to be - Scotch. — Wilfrid Laurier

It's no accident that Cinderella has been in the culture for thousands of years, and in cross cultures. I've traveled a bit recently, and in Russia, they completely believe they own this tale. And in Italy, they feel it absolutely is part of who they are. There is a timeless web to it. — Kenneth Branagh

I had grown accustomed to life being interesting and adventure ridden and, rather childishly, I refused to believe that this must necessarily come to an end and that the rest of my life should be a sort of penance for all the reckless, irresponsible, and immensely fun things I'd done before. — J. Maarten Troost

She had the sudden feeling that if she could look into those eyes for the rest of her life, she would be happy. It scared her a lot more than his anger had. — Patricia Briggs

You can't change other people's attitudes, but you can change how you react to those people. — Michael Lawrence

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen. — Aeschylus