Adjourned Def Quotes & Sayings

It's not about fooling somebody, it's actually giving somebody a measure of their own belief: how much you want to be fooled. That's why we pay to go to magic shows and things like that. — Vik Muniz

While I pulled out my Kindle and settled into a good murder mystery. — Barbra Annino

It was the kind of talk that made me want to break off a limb and take to whacking her and that bunch of hypocrites across the back of the head. — Joe R. Lansdale

The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art's sake than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin; he thinks of getting ashore - and then there will be time enough for art. — Upton Sinclair

All of your so-called faults, all the things which you don't like about yourself are your greatest assets," she said. "They are simply overamplified. The volume has been turned up a bit too much, that's all. Just turn down the volume a little. Soon, you - and everyone else - will see your weaknesses as your strengths, your 'negatives' as your 'positives.' They will become wonderful tools, ready to work for you rather than against you. All you have to do is learn to call on these personality traits in amounts that are appropriate to the moment. Judge how much of your wonderful qualities are needed, and don't give any more than that. — Debbie Ford

You build a reputation by your action, not by your imagination. — Debasish Mridha

It wasn't love, but a deep intrigue. It was a pull, gravity. — Alanna J. Faison

I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war. — Harry Browne

The ceilings had set off a ghostly echo, giving all that desperate hilarity the quality of a memory even as I sat listening to it, memories of things I'd never known. — Donna Tartt

I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted in the earth. — Peter Eisenman

Lately ... Americans have begun to understand that trouble does not start somewhere on the other side of town. It seems to originate inside the absolute middle of the homemade cherry pie. In our history, the state has failed to respond to the weak. You could be white, male, Presbyterian and heterosexual besides, but if you get fired or if you get sick tomorrow, you might as well be Black, for all the state will want to hear from you. — June Jordan

If I had won ... all those other championships, my life might be totally different, but I didn't win. It's not going to affect my life. — Greg Norman