A Moveable Feast Fitzgerald Quotes & Sayings

Pride, I suppose, is the most treacherous of virtues. The Christians call it a sin, but no poet sings of men who have no pride. Christians say the meek will inherit the earth, but the meek inspire no songs. — Bernard Cornwell

There are also half bricks ... As the bricks are always laid so as to break joints, this lends strength and a not unattractive appearance to both sides of such walls. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

If you get three women and a dog together and they all mate together they're not gonna have a baby — Gordon Klingenschmitt

The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the semi-circular canal apparatus. — Robert Barany

I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant. — Josh Peck

I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world - You're on this side, I'm on that side; you're a Republican, I'm a Democrat; you're country music, I'm rock music. — Brandi Carlile

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act. — David Suzuki

Each time you walk down the aisle of your Home Depot or Walgreens, try to remember that behind every label and package is someone's heart and soul, and that efforts in man-years or decades are behind each product. — Clifford Spiro

I'm not interested in absolute moral judgments. Just think of what it means to be a good man or a bad one. What, after all, is the measure of difference? The good guy may be 65 per cent good and 35 per cent bad - that's a very good guy. The average decent fellow might be 54 per cent good, 46 per cent bad - and the average mean spirit is the reverse. So say I'm 60 per cent bad and 40 per cent good - for that, must I suffer eternal punishment?
Heaven and Hell make no sense if the majority of humans are a complex mixture of good and evil. There's no reason to receive a reward if you're 57/43 - why sit around forever in an elevated version of Club Med? That's almost impossible to contemplate. — Norman Mailer

I am Evanescence. I am the only band member. I have basically hired the band. Evanescence has become me. It is mine and it's exactly how I want it to be. — Evanescence

Right there I knew I wanted, one day, to live in
Rome, because it was protected by a construction that could
bare the weight of the world. — Petra F. Bagnardi

Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes. — Karl Kraus

He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything. — J.K. Rowling

I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life. — Gina Rodriguez