Ciment Quotes & Sayings

The nice thing about political pundits is that, when they answer a question, one no longer understands what they were asked. — Indro Montanelli

If you look closely you'll find all my lovers inscribed on my skin. — Jill Ciment

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. — Henry Ward Beecher

Darkness isn't a hole you hide in; it's the cosmos. — Jill Ciment

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there ... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will. — Ezra Pound

Old age robs you of every last illusion, even the belief in your own goodness. — Jill Ciment

The kiss was like swollen storm clouds ready to erupt, and when he moaned into my mouth, it was dewy and thunderous and zinging with ozone. — Vicki Pettersson

The stupid girl thinks Muslim is a language. — Jill Ciment

It was as close as I had ever come to having power over someone, and I equated it with love. — Jill Ciment

When contemplating the pursuit of a dream or the start of a new venture, too many people are hesitant to begin because they can't comprehend the entire journey. If that's where you find yourself right now, don't expect to understand what it takes to get to the top. Just take the next step. There's no shame in starting small; in fact, if you don't start small, you'll probably never start at all. — John C. Maxwell

We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. (HEBREWS 4:15) — John Eldredge

When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films. — Geena Davis

Waiting for the Electricity is a wildly original and ambitious debut, a novel that tackles cultural clashes with satirical hilarity. I haven't read a first novel this promising since The Confederacy of Dunces. — Jill Ciment

If we had decided on January 5, in the new House of Representatives, to make no new spending bills, the debt ceiling would've still been hit, because, those are bills that are coming in as a result of purchases and commitments made by the administration and the previous Congress. — Bill Johnson

Seeing how a hand carves out meaning with a pencil point lets us remember that the human touch is essential. — Jill Ciment

Well, gentlemen, life's just one damn thing after another. — John Dustin Archbold