Brooklynite Crossword Quotes & Sayings

My parents came from Calcutta. They arrived in Cambridge, much like the parents in my novel. And I found myself sort of caught between the world of my parents and the world they had left behind and still clung to, and also the world that surrounded me at school and everywhere else, as soon as I set foot out the door. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Has God forgotten all I have done for Him. — Louis XIV

I almost never do drawings, because I have found over the years that doing something in one medium and translating into another doesn't work. I like to conceive a painting in real scale and in color. — Nelson Shanks

As a civilian during the Second War, I was exposed to danger in circumstances which removed any distinction between the man in and the man out of uniform. — Lester B. Pearson

Modern science is under no obligation to satisfy the expectations of your five senses. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Workaholism is an addiction, and like all addictions, it blocks creative energy. — Julia Cameron

Argo Takes Flight — Uncle Amon

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted. — Vladimir Putin

dreams mean work — Paulo Coelho

Simon laughed heartily. "I'm afraid the rest of us have to find talents to get our women into bed. Of course once they're there, I have other talents that keep them right where they are."
"Handcuffs hardly count," Christian said offhandedly.
"If you mean the ladies cuffing me to the bed so they can explore Hunt Island," he said, rubbing his chest, " ... then point taken. These hands are capable of making any female climax by the mere brush of a pinky across her bare breast."
"I must have gone to the wrong island," I said with a private laugh. — Dannika Dark

In middle school, I played quarterback. I was at a tiny school, so you played offense and defense - I played linebacker, and in high school I stopped playing around my sophomore year because of my acting stuff. — Jesse Plemons

Responsibility and commitment are key elements in meeting obligations. — Zig Ziglar

PACs corrupt the system. They handle vast amounts of money and the money corrupts. — Paul Ryan

Bought me another snow cone, and, as he gave it to me, planted a diamond ring on top. "A piece of ice that I'm hoping will make you melt," he said. — Jeannette Walls