Cotgrave Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

I'd like to see a little more action on the energy side of things. I've been pushing for some kind of a carbon tax for years, and it seems to me we've had lots of opportunities to do it. — Robert F. Engle

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though. — Kevin Bacon

Ode to Douglas Adams

In the solar system we inhabit, we live on a small planet we all call Earth. Okay, when I say small, I mean it's small compared to say, oh, Jupiter. Earth is something like a dime compared to Jupiter's beach ball. On this Earth is a fairly large country we all call The United States of America. Of course, when I say fairly large, it's like the U.S. is a piece of broccoli next to China's really large cauliflower. Now that I think of it, that may not be a good comparison as it depends on the restaurant you go to. At the place I was at last night it would be a good comparison as the cauliflower was larger than the broccoli. Not that I'd touch either. I had a hamburger with fries and somebody at the next table had those ghastly vegetables.

From the Preface to "Sex and the American Male." I was saddened by the passing of Douglas Adams and wrote the preface to sound a little like his "Hitchhiker's..." books and to honor him. I hope he's smiling. — Jay Williams

Experience alone can give, even to the greatest talent, that confidence in having done all that could be done. — Eugene Delacroix

I deposited Drew at the infirmary a half hour ago. — Veronica Roth

The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight. — Mason Cooley

People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes. — Jodi Picoult

Henry unpacked the car and loaded himself up with everything they'd brought, little bags and big ones, a string tote, a knapsack.
As he started up the driveway, his girlfriend said, "Do you have the wine, Hank?"
Whoever Hank was, he had it. — Melissa Bank

I want to know." His words are a whisper, barely audible. "I want to know with you. — Lauren Oliver

To believe is indeed to lose the understanding in order to gain God. — Soren Kierkegaard