Books Reading Colette Quotes & Sayings

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are. — Ricki Lake

Books, books, books. It was not that I read so much. I read and re-read the same ones. But all of them were necessary to me. Their presence, their smell, the letters of their titles, and the texture of their leather bindings. — Colette

A businessman needs a laptop. Athletes need massages and the right diet. — Lolo Jones

One of the most common ways of not acknowledging our faults is to blame others. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Large men in black plate mail with red cloaks and plumes don't sneak worth a damn. — Tanya Huff

Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action; and on no other terms can a being with human faculties have any rational assurance of being right. — John Stuart Mill

Memory is the medium of the must-have-been. — Julian Jaynes

When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir? — John Maynard Keynes

When you imitate the enemy's tactics, you take on his liabilities. — Jawaharlal Nehru

I'm always reading. I have four books on my nightstand right now. The same is true with writing, I tend to work on several varying projects at once. — Colette Freedman

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding. — Walter Bagehot

I guess when you love someone, you don't mind making sacrifices.
-Vane Westerly — Shannon Messenger

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict. — Peter Mandelson

Wifehood and motherhood ... are a bigger handicap than the average male genius would ... essay to carry to success. — Marie Pitt

All writers, given adequate technique - technique that communicates - can stir our interest in their special subject matter, since at heart all fiction treats, directly or indirectly, the same thing: our love for people and the world, our aspirations and fears. The particular characters, actions, and settings are merely instances, variations on the universal theme. — John Gardner