Akenson Quotes & Sayings

Faffing is good. It is an important part of life. Faffing is when we disconnect from the matrix and idle for a while, like a car. Our body and spirit know deep down that human beings were not made for constant toil so subconsciously creates space through the mechanism of faffing. — Tom Hodgkinson

I'm too young, too smart and too good-looking to die. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change. — Harriet Lerner

It's not possible to try too hard Elliott. Truth is, every girl deserves someone who tries hard. — Fisher Amelie

The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word. — Tullian Tchividjian

The chef turned back to the housekeeper. "Why is there doubt about the relations between Monsieur and Madame Rutledge?"
The sheets," she said succinctly.
Jake nearly choked on his pastry. "You have the housemaids spying on them?" he asked around a mouthful of custard and cream.
Not at all," the housekeeper said defensively. "It's only that we have vigilant maids who tell me everything. And even if they didn't, one hardly needs great powers of observation to see that they do not behave like a married couple."
The chef looked deeply concerned. "You think there's a problem with his carrot?"
Watercress, carrot - is everything food to you?" Jake demanded.
The chef shrugged. "Oui."
Well," Jake said testily, "there is a string of Rutledge's past mistresses who would undoubtedly testify there is nothing wrong with his carrot."
Alors, he is a virile man ... she is a beautiful woman ... why are they not making salad together? — Lisa Kleypas

In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it. — John Mulaney

We are all part of divinity. All mankind are divine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You're passionate, energetic and forceful, so your star sign Aries says, so have a fun packed birthday, all our love is sent your way. — Susan Smith

Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form. — Edgar Mitchell

Just hold me please, she replied. I'd hold her forever if I could. — Abbi Glines

[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying? — Laurence Olivier

It is madness. And if you don't know who you are, or if your real self has drifted away from you with the undertow, madness at least gives you an identity. It's the same with self-loathing. You're probably just normal and normal-looking but that's not a real identity, not the way ugliness is. Normality, just accepting that you're probably normal-looking, lacks the force field of self-disgust. If you don't know who you are, madness gives you something to believe in. — Emma Forrest

He was like a man into whose life a woman, whom he has seen for a moment passing by, has brought a new form of beauty, which strengthens and enlarges his own power of perception, without his knowing even whether he is ever to see her again whom he loves already, although he knows nothing of her, not even her name. — Marcel Proust

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise. — Rutherford B. Hayes