Contemned Def Quotes & Sayings

There were always risks in life. Life was meant to be lived like that because if it wasn't, then what was the purpose of living it at all? Measuring — Terry Brooks

Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation. — Samuel Smiles

It's very intense to go back to the past and revive work that I've already experienced and moved forward from. It's like seeing an old girlfriend - awkward at times, nostalgic at times and downright maddening and embarrassing. — Barry McGee

The way we think may be completely different, but you and I are an ancient, archetypal couple, the original man and woman. We are the model for Adam and Eve. For all couples in love, there comes a moment when a man gazes at a woman with the very same kind of realization. It is an infinite helix, the dance of two souls resonating, like the twist of DNA, like the vast universe. — Banana Yoshimoto

Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should be to reclaim this time. — Jose Antonio Bowen

Judge: Take the stand.
Curly: [picks the chair up] Where'll I put it?
Judge: No, no, take the stand!
Curly: I got it! Now what'll I do with it?
Court clerk: [angrily sets it back down] SIDDOWN! — The Three Stooges

We hold our hate too choice a thing, for light and careless lavishing. — William Watson

Dr Johnson died in 1944. The suspicion exists that he was silenced ... However two federal inspectors did examine his hospital record in the late 1950's. They concluded it was likely that he was poisoned. — Barry Lynes

Stories were a living thing. They changed to suit the teller or the times. — Sandra Dallas

Truth and Honesty: this principle could bring about healing and harmony in any nation. — Sunday Adelaja

I don't need anyone else to tell me how to be alive. — Marty Rubin

I love the concept of the romance that exists when people are broken. Like, the promise of a romance when you're at the bottom. I think that's infinitely compelling and romantic. — Shane Carruth

Berlin is liberation. Architecture, man! — Michelle Rodriguez

He was a human exclamation point, but carried himself with such dignity that I couldn't laugh at him. — Ransom Riggs

Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober. — Jamie Lee Curtis