Canape Quotes & Sayings

Happiness above all seems to be of this character, for we always choose it on account of itself and never on account of something else. Yet honor, pleasure, intellect, and every virtue we choose on their own account - for even if nothing resulted from them, we would choose each of them - but we choose them also for the sake of happiness, because we suppose that, through them, we will be happy. — Aristotle.

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic. — James Bovard

I have never really lived with anyone in my adult years. I just read my sports ticker. And 50 Shades of Grey. — Matthew Perry

The receptionist at Horne, Buckman and Pierce, a classic battle-ax who was comfortably past her prime, eyed Loren as if she'd recognized her from a sex offender poster. Full frown in place, the battle-ax told her to sit. Randal — Harlan Coben

Most English-speaking people, for instance, will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future. — G. M. Trevelyan

Waltes is still played, which is a bowl and dice game that's traditional for this area. — Richard Dyer

There is a thing about pain , it demends to be felt. — John Green

Fred Astaire's got nothing on me. — Si Robertson

Life had sure been simpler when I hadn't dated. — Charlaine Harris

Socrates ... brought human wisdom back down from heaven, where she was wasting her time, and restored her to man ... It is impossible to go back further and lower. He did a great favor to human nature by showing how much it can do by itself. — Michel De Montaigne

On a cultural level, I think the absence of honest conversation about the hard work that takes us from lying facedown in the arena to rising strong has led to two dangerous outcomes: the propensity to gold-plate grit and a badassery deficit. — Brene Brown

Comparison is the enemy of happiness, — Seth King

Excitable, easily distracted, sometimes vacant, prone to gloominess and also extreme euphoria; I can't be generous with time, but I try to be generous with affection. I'm really lucky to be able to be in some of these situations and it feels really nice to be able to take people along with me for the ride. Oh, and I'm a pain in the ass as well. — Florence Welch

A duke's son MUST know about poisons. It's the way of our times. — Frank Herbert

(Eve)"Hold on. You have to give them a gift for moving?"
"Uh-huh. Plus they're shacking, so it should be a couple thing." She (Mavis) ate another canape, fed on to Leonardo.
"Why does there have to be a gift for every damn thing?" Eve complained.
"Retail conspiracy." Roarke patter her knee.
"I bet it is," Eve said darkly. "I just bet it is. — J.D. Robb