Conceiving Short Quotes & Sayings

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death. — Karen Armstrong

It's so hard to write about countries like Haiti because there's truths behind the misperceptions people have. But there's so much more. There are multiple truths. — Roxane Gay

When you work; don't expect your talent to be discovered. Work hard because it makes you happy. — Rita Zahara

I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right down to the common denominator, find the simplest way that you can look at an object or a problem, and not muck it up with all of the stuff that adults do and over-analyze. — Barbara Park

I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees ... But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution. — Rand Paul

The note took long moments to fade and, when it had at last died away, there was an absolute hush over the world, the milling millions were still, there was an air of expectancy. And then the White Lords came. — Michael Moorcock

It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous. — Carrie Brownstein

The Piranha didn't talk like a person. He said things like "If you fuckin' buy this bond in a fuckin' trade, you're fuckin' fucked." And "If you don't pay fuckin' attention to the fuckin' two-year, you get your fuckin' face ripped off." Noun, verb, adjective: fucker, fuck, fucking. No part of speech was spared. His world was filled with copulating inanimate objects and people getting their faces ripped off. — Michael Lewis

Nothing good ever happened when you woke up in a room with a drain. — Rachel Aaron

[...] if you're going to waste an opportunity, there are a few important things to remember. Do it in style. Do it in public. And, above all, do it in Manchester. — Peter Hook