Brainwaves 1983 Quotes & Sayings

Rules and laws exist only because we take pleasure in doing what they forbid, but as long as most of the people obey such proscriptions most of the time, they have done their job. — Iain M. Banks

I'm absolutely happy with where Louis Litt is. The writers, starting with Aaron [Korsh], have just made him into a human being. — Rick Hoffman

The past was suddenly rushing in on me in a way I found hard to fight. — Sebastian Faulks

I'm sitting on the lumbering late bus, thinking about the way I'm going to start my Monday: by filling out an unexcused absence form for the cranky secretary. The last time the bus was late she actually told me, "Don't tell me the bus was late. That excuse won't work anymore today. About ten kids ahead of you said that their bus was late, too." I tried to explain that we all took the same bus, but there was no pulling the wool over her eyes. She wasn't born yesterday. — Daniel Handler

Sometimes I felt as if there were no tomorrows, that everything, my whole life, was crammed into one long day. A continuous stretch of meaningless time. Sometimes I even wished there was no tomorrow, if this was all I had to look forward to. — Julie Anne Peters

The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts. — Miguel De Cervantes

My brothers and sisters and I spoke in a language called Egg Latin. In the early '50s in Canada, this became a fad way of talking among certain people. It's based on the concept that in every syllable before the vowel and after the preceding constant you insert the word 'egg.' So, my name Phil would be 'Pegghil.' — Phil Hartman

The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable of obtaining long range weapons of mass destruction. — Armstrong Williams

Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures. — Achy Obejas

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed. — Patrick Ness

I'd be willing to do anything. I'm not precious. I'd wash dishes. — Linus Roache

If you don't have passion, change. — Lauren Hutton

We know there can be no justice in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. But there can be no security in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. — David Miliband

Let us not fail to scatter along our pathway the seeds of kindness and sympathy. Some of them will doubtless perish; but if one only lives, it will perfume our steps and rejoice our eyes. — Sophie Swetchine