815 Speakeasy Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes all I did all day was just wander around in my mind. — Jennifer Niven

Nothing is permanent, I tell myself over and over. Especially not a horse. — Mara Dabrishus

The rose saith in the dewy morn,
I am most fair;
Yet all my loveliness is born
Upon a thorn. — Christina Rossetti

Bob Ross is my spirit animal — Brooke Bida

My life is not an apology, but a life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We were having tea with my mother-in-law the other day and out of the blue she said, "I've decided I want to be cremated." I said, "Alright, get your coat." — Dave Spikey

[Asteroids are] the vermin of the skies.
[Asteroids can block objects of interest on astronomical photographs.] — Walter Baade

John Lee Hancock is someone that I had admired from afar. I think he is a wonderful director ... in the tradition I would say both of Clint Eastwood and Frank Capra. — Alison Owen

Many experts lose the creativity and imagination of the less informed. They are so intimately familiar with known patterns that they may fail to recognize or respect the importance of the new wrinkle. The process of applying expertise is, after all, the editing out of unimportant details in favor of those known to be relevant. Zen master, Shunryu Suzuki said, The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. — Gavin De Becker

"Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In Sparta, the secret police would ambush you, violate you, skin you alive and use your skull for a drinking cup." — Janet Morris

I'd seen this movie. This was the part where the dinosaurs ate the tourists. — Pippa DaCosta

I went to college thinking of maybe pursuing a career in film criticism. — Michael Showalter

I've got my own studio, so I sit in my studio writing and if I get a great take, that's the take. — Kid Rock

No institutions in modern society are better equipped to catalyze the necessary transition to a sustainable world than colleges and universities. They have access to the leaders of tomorrow and the leaders of today. What they do matters to the wider public. — David W. Orr