Centuries Lyrics Quotes & Sayings

The absolute truth is that there is no power in celebrity. — Bill Cosby

How ironic it is then, to realize how many of we humans are masochists! That even when we are placed in paradise, the majority of us would, by choice, focus on everything outside the present moment and make ourselves suffer by thinking about Dis-Ease! Too many of us would dwell on a past that no longer exists while everything in the present moment is wonderful. What great paradoxes we as humans are capable of! — Alaric Hutchinson

The marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she is a householder. — Thornton Wilder

Omit and substitute! That's how recipes should be written. Please don't ever get so hung up on published recipes that you forget that you can omit and substitute. — Jeff Smith

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting. — David Antin

I was in the deep water. It was dark and unclear and the taste of the salt was in my mouth. — Raymond Chandler

May I forget what ought to be forgotten; and recall, unfailing, all that ought to be recalled, each kindly thing, forgetting what might sting. — Mary Carolyn Davies

Could I be assured that America would remain virtuous, I would venture to defy the utmost Efforts of Enemies to subjugate her. — Samuel Adams

Modern tragic writers have to write short stories; if they wrote long stories ... cheerfulness would creep in. Such stories are like stings; brief, but purely painful. — G.K. Chesterton

You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway. — Missy Peregrym

This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places. — Bill Gates

Fuck forgiveness.
That's what they want me to do. Make it easy for them. Clear their consciences. Let them get away with what they've done.
The powerful. The strong. The privileged.
Not a fucking chance. — Leah Raeder

[Tyson] looked him over with that massive baby-brown eye. "You are not dead. I like it when you are not dead."
Ella fluttered to the ground and began preening her feathers. "Ella found a dog," she announced. "A large dog. And a Cyclops." Was she blushing?
Before Percy could decide, his black mastiff pounced on him, knocking Percy to the ground and barking so loudly that even Arion backed up. "Hey, Mrs. O'Leary," Percy said. "Yeah, I love you, too, girl. Good dog."
Hazel squeaked. "You have a hellhound named Mrs. O'Leary?"
"Long story. — Rick Riordan

You can accept it that it may be true what somebody else says, but until you have experienced it, it is not dynamic to your own awareness. — Goswami Kriyananda