Aggrandizing Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

I only wanted Uncle Vernon standing by his own car (a Hudson) on a clear day, I got him and the car. Ialso got a bit of Aunt Mary's laundry and Beau Jack, the dog, peeing on the fence, and a row of potted tuberous begonias on the porch and 78 trees and a million pebbles in the driveway and more. It's a generous medium, photography. — Lee Friedlander

A similar revolving fund could be set up for Germany, for a durable peace can rest only upon a Germany that, while militarily impotent, is industrially active. — James Forrestal

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that! — Dan Fogelberg

Will you have kids?"
"You make such an attractive case for the reproductive plunge. I don't know, Duncan. Childhood is so exhausting."
"As a parent?"
"I mean as the child. Not sure it's fair to drop somebody else into life without giving them a choice in the matter."
"You'll find it's kind of tough to canvass the opinion of sperm."
"I prefer asking the eggs - they're more articulate. Anyway, aren't you the guy who's always bemoaning the future of humanity? Saying how the worst jerks always have millions of babies, meaning the world gets worse every generation?"
"Exactly why decent people need to have kids. — Tom Rachman

My world's both parts, and 'o! Both parts must die. — John Donne

We do not trust educated people and rarely, alas, produce them, for we do not trust the independence of mind which alone makes a genuine education possible. — James Baldwin

Film and novel characters are often stereotyped, but racial stereotyping in many novels or films creates & encourages labelling, discrimination & racism. ~Angelica Hopes — Angelica Hopes

Does it matter to you that I love you?" Julian asked as he looked away and up at the house.
Cameron stared at Julian, wishing he could see his lover's eyes.
"It's the most precious thing in my world," he answered brokenly. — Abigail Roux

When your world gets turned upside down view it from a new perspective — Karen Salmansohn

I get inspiration everywhere - by my friends, my family, and mostly love. — Leighton Meester

Do you know why the French are so honest? because there are so few words in their language they're forced to be. — William Gaddis

People need a parental divine love which will attend to them above all else, no matter what happens — Masahisa Goi

When I arrived back at Intro to Basic Art again later that week, I thought for a moment we had a new student who didn't know about the assigned seats. Sitting at my table was a girl in a long flowered dress, very vintage-hippie. She actually was wearing real flowers in her hair, and hardly any make up. I sat down, ready to explain to this poor lost soul that the seat was already taken, when I looked again and realized it was the same girl. I ended up not saying anything at all; I couldn't think of anything that wouldn't be rude or just plain stupid. — J.M. Richards

As long as we live beyond our means, we are destined to live beneath our means. — Ron Paul

Everybody got into the rugged outdoors business and into lifestyle merchandising and so forth and so on. And everybody was getting into catalogs and e-commerce and - you name it. It was just intense. — Leon Gorman