Cheapjack Quotes & Sayings

The best opportunities come in times of maximum pessimism. — Anthony Robbins

Maelcum a rude boy," said the other, "an' a righteous tug pilot. — William Gibson

Achievement is the entirety of little deliberations, rehashed all the live long day. — Robert Collier

As a kid I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch. — Judd Nelson

To say that some kind of god might exist is to vivify its being with mystery. To define a god into existence because it meets certain criteria for godhood is to kill that god by turning it into a cheapjack idol with a publicity team of theologians behind it. This would explain why so many deities - all of them, in fact - have fallen apart or are in the process of doing so: eventually every god loses its mystery because it has become overqualified for its job. After a god's mystery is gone, arguments for its reality begin. Logic steps in to resuscitate what has been bled of its healthful vagueness. Finally, another "living god" is consigned to the mortuary of scholars. — Thomas Ligotti

(Priests) cheapjack merchants selling paradise — Jean Lorrain

Maybe the God we see, the God who calls the daily shots, is merely a subGod. Maybe there's a God above this subGod who's busy for a few God minutes with something else, and will be right back; and when he gets back will take the subGod by the ear and say: Now look. Look at that fat man. What did he ever do to you? Wasn't he humble enough? Didn't he endure enough abuse for a thousand men? Weren't the simplest tasks hard? Didn't you sense him craving affection? Were you unaware that his days unraveled as one long bad dream? And maybe as the subGod slinks away, the true God will sweep me up in his arms, saying: My sincere apologies, a mistake has been made. Accept a new birth, as token of my esteem. — George Saunders

In a lot of comedies, they kind of take all the problems away from the women. They give her great clothes, great hair; she almost always owns an artisanal shop, like a cheese shop in Manhattan. — Melissa McCarthy

I had to keep telling her I'd promised not to let her violate me. — Carrie Jones

Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. — William Blake