Copybook Style Quotes & Sayings

But they were her parents! Putting up with all of her crap was their official job - they couldn't wriggle out of it! She tried to swallow the lump forming in her throat. How could they do this to her? — Gina Damico

When a regular person gets sick, they take an aspirin. When a writer gets sick, they take notes ... — Chuck Palahniuk

Ridding the world of poverty is, of course, a fantasy. — Jay Parini

and the stars were icicles of mockery — Jack Kerouac

If I were to select a jack-booted group of fascists who are perhaps as large a danger to American society as I could pick today, I would pick BATF [the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms]. — John Dingell

Trump is the candidate giving voice to untold millions of fed-up Americans witnessing a purposeful destruction of our economy and the equal opportunity for success that made America exceptional, we're watching career politicians throw away our kids' future through bankrupting public budgets and ripping open our porous borders which, obvious to all us non-politicians, puts us at great risk. — Sarah Palin

read Plato or Shakespeare or Dante as if we found their books in the street and had no idea who they were. I — Gloria Steinem

It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying ... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds. — Charisma Carpenter

'Ugly Betty' has been four years of my life, important adolescent years. I think that all I've really known was getting pampered and interviewed and getting my picture taken. — Mark Indelicato

Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African. — Whoopi Goldberg

I'm not a math tutor," I said. "I don't feel the need to check your work. — Lemony Snicket

The sky is so tragically beautiful. A graveyard of stars. — Anonymous