Annerley Gordon Quotes & Sayings

None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life. — William Jennings Bryan

Yet, even for us, there is left some loveliness of environment, and the dullness of tutors and professors matters very little when one can loiter in the grey cloisters at Magdalen, and listen to some flute-like voice singing in Waynfleete's chapel, or lie in the green meadow, among the strange snakespotted fritillaries, and watch the sunburnt noon smite to a finer gold the tower's gilded vanes, or wander up the Christ Church staircase beneath the vaulted ceiling's shadowy fans, or pass through the sculptured gateway of Laud's building in the College of St. John. — Oscar Wilde

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater. — Minnie Maddern Fiske

Ain't that a sight? With all the things we know and learn, we still ain't touched the big mysteries
where we come from, where we go next, why we even her. And when something truly miraculous happens, we run and hide in our caves. We deny. — Libba Bray

Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

Women still get angry at me. I mean, men go after me sometimes, but most of the bad responses come from women. — Jessa Crispin

He did not know what he would do or say to Mrs. Das once they arrived at the hills. Perhaps he would tell her what a pleasing smile she had. Perhaps he would compliment her strawberry shirt, which he found irresistibly becoming. Perhaps, when Mr. Das was busy taking a picture, he would take her hand. — Anonymous

She'd never felt about anyone the way she'd felt about him. Not even close. She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. — Ann Brashares

The big will get bigger; the small will get wiped out. — Charles Revson

People forget that actors are actors, who are looking to put on the clothes and the character, and then shed it just as easily. — Milo Ventimiglia

I'm a fixer, Allie. Taking care of others is what I do. I don't know how to turn it off. — Melissa A. Craven

The five most important words a leader can speak are - 'I am proud of you'
The four most important are - 'What is your opinion?'
The three most important are - 'If you please'
The two most important are - 'Thank You'
And the most important single word of all is - 'You' — Denis Waitley

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts. — William S. Burroughs

I don't type [when I write] because ... I often have the feeling that everything flows directly from my right hand. — Anne Tyler

A moment is not complete until you realise it is fleeting... — Stuti Dhyani