Aretha Franklin Famous Quotes & Sayings

The billiard table is better than the doctor. — Mark Twain

Your attitudes reflect back your exact possibilities. — Bryant McGill

Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. — Anton Chekhov

I wanted none of it finally. And, deserving nothing better, I closed up like a spider in the flame of a match. And even Armand who was my constant companion, and my only companion, existed at a great distance from me, beyond that veil which separated me from all living things, a veil which was a form of shroud. — Anne Rice

Since I had met him, it had occurred to me that it would probably be amazing what we could all see and hear if we would just shut our mouths a little more, and stop trying to constantly hear our own voice. — Mia Sheridan

Carl Sagan always used to say that when he was trying to explain something to someone, he would go back to that time when he didn't understand it, and then he would retrace his thought steps so that he could make it absolutely clear, and that's one of the infinite number of things I learned from him. — Ann Druyan

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you're friends is easy. Being friends is not. — David Levithan

I'm the type of guy who'd sell you a rat's asshole for a wedding ring. — Tom Waits