Cookoff Houston Quotes & Sayings

Silence is the mother of truth. — Benjamin Disraeli

He heard the voice that had called to him in dreams, had saved him from the sands and from following his brother into the river. — V.S. Carnes

The Olympic games held in Berlin in August 1936 afforded the Nazis a golden opportunity to impress the world with the achievements of the Third Reich, and they made the most of it. — William L. Shirer

It's not an honest face. It's not a kind face. It's a face made of anger and secrets and lies. From the tight, guarded mouth to the clenched, square jaw to the glossy shimmer of I-dare-you that coats the surface of her eyes, Aimee's face is a scary place for Meghan's gaze to rest. But beneath the gloss, behind the sharpness and tension, deep at Aimee's core, Meghan can see something warm and real. It's the same unnameable thing she saw in the sickroom on the first day of school. It's the same thing she feels pulsing softly deep in her own chest. — Madeleine George

When there are strange things going on all around, every coincidence should be considered very carefully. — Sergei Lukyanenko

One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words. — Patricia Marx

A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle. — Andrew Carnegie

Not my fault you're distractingly pretty. — Katja Millay

This is true Hollywood glamour! I am taking personal jewels from a screen legend and creating a one-of-a-kind pair of shoes,which will be worn by a movie star of today. — Stuart Weitzman

I don't much like being directed. I enjoy being allowed to play. — Christopher Walken

I've always wanted to play a soldier and I'd never taken on a character where I'm the happy-go-lucky protagonist. I've played a lot of jerks recently. — Jesse McCartney

One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says. — Jacques Derrida

There is no nobler deed than the performance of one's duty. — Len Smith

We must have recourse to the rules of music when our genius and our ear seem to deny what we are seeking. — Jean-Philippe Rameau

Time to make herself scarce because, hell, she didn't want to pass that thunderhead on her way out. — Katherine McIntyre