Berresford Augustus Quotes & Sayings

I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient. — Bill Gates

People believe pictures. It's a photograph that's in your passport, not a painting. Now,
George Bernard Shaw said, 'I would exchange every painting of Christ for one snapshot.' That's what the power of photography is. — Philip Jones Griffiths

You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not. — Neil Gaiman

The expression 'quiet as mice' is a puzzling one, because mice can often be very noisy, so people who are being quite as mice may in fact be squeaking and scrambling around. The expression 'quiet as mimes' is more appropriate, because mimes are people who perform theatrical routines without making a sound. Mimes are annoying and embarrassing, but they are much quieter than mice, so 'quiet as mimes' is a more proper way to describe how Violet and Sunny got up from their bunk, tiptoed across the dormitory, and walked out into the night. — Lemony Snicket

Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions. — Henri Matisse

Emma laughed, even though she wanted to cry and scream and run away all at the same time. Jake put his arms around her, and she felt calmer. He has a mellowness that rubs off on people, Emma has noticed. But it's not just being mellow. There is something kind about him. He knows when people need him, she thinks. He knows that she needs him. — Thomas Fahy

This book was written by Armin Navabi, a former Muslim from Iran and the founder of Atheist Republic, a non-profit organization with upwards of a million fans and followers worldwide that is dedicated to offering a safe community for atheists around the world to share their ideas and meet like-minded individuals. Atheists are a global minority, and it's not always safe or comfortable for them to discuss their views in public. — Armin Navabi

Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and the rest of it is reality. — Colleen Atwood

There are always two figures in a marriage, two votes, two conflicting sets of decisions, desires and limitations. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I hate it here... ...Everyday is actually three days, a freezing morning, a blistering day, and a cool night. You need a lot of clothes. And every day is the same day, which is why it's important to hang a calendar. I see why people move here and wake up one day scratching their heads, wondering when they turned forty or what year it is. — Caroline Kepnes

There is very little in this World somebody can't make a little worse and a little cheaper. — David P. Elliot

Everything is in New York or L.A. or whatever, but Chicago is more of, like, a real world. It has the art and the music, but it's more centered and grounded. — Paul Scheer

But they had also settled into the maddening familiarity of friendship; maddening for her at least. — David Nicholls