Clawback Provision Quotes & Sayings

I like to be grounded by nature, go hiking ... go to an isolated island that's not glamorous and touristy at all. — Cote De Pablo

On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
[On painting and fighting look aloof.] — George Herbert

In my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain, quite certain, that I was already dead. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

Perhaps the most powerful and appealing aspect of another's words, however, is simply their convenience. Whether distilled in the briefest apophthegm, or spread out across some voluminous tome, the thought is ready-made, the heavy lifting done. It's there to be used like a weapon or tool, and as time wanders on, seemingly leaving us fewer and fewer new things to say, it becomes ever more useful. As technology moves forward, as well, it also becomes much easier. Indeed, in this "information age" where so much is available to so many so quickly that enlightenment nearly verges on light pollution, it can sometimes appear that expression has been reduced to nothing more than a mad race to unearth and claim references. As such, the citation is also there to be donned, like some article of fashion from which we may reap the praise of discriminating taste without ever exerting ourself in the actual toil of manufacture. — Jasper Siegel Seneschal

Paid product endorsements, especially by real or purported experts, constitute a steady rainfall of deception. They betray contempt for the intelligence of their customers. They introduce an insidious corruption of popular attitudes about scientific objectivity. — Carl Sagan

To paraphrase Paul from the New Testament, he has a great soliloquy about love, where he's basically saying, if I've figured out the secrets of the universe but I don't have love, figuring out the secrets of universe means nothing. — Moby

To ward off a feeling of failure, she joked that she could wallpaper her bathroom with rejection slips, which she chose not to see as messages to stop, but rather as tickets to the game. — Anita Shreve

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed. — Carroll O'Connor

Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore. — Eric Schlosser

I got dressed to begin another day. Over and over, we begin again. (Kitchen, 103) — Banana Yoshimoto

Spite will make a woman do more than love. — Marguerite De Navarre

I can't wait to get my memory back. It sounds like I am a really cool person — John C. Wright

I can't say I believe in prizes. I was a whiz in the three-legged race - that's something you CAN win. — Katharine Hepburn

Don't save something good for a later place. Don't hold back from your students, from the poor, don't try to keep anything for yourself 'cause it'll turn to ashes. — Annie Dillard