Crossword Old Quotes & Sayings

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking. — Carol Burnett

Yes, I was a twenty-nine year old woman who lived with her mother. One who didn't do drugs, party, or have sex. I read books, drank the occasional beer on a hot afternoon, and did the Times crossword puzzle on Sunday afternoons. I hadn't attended college, I wasn't particularly gorgeous, and I often forgot to shave my legs. On the upside, I could cook some mean dumplings and bring myself to orgasm within five minutes. Not at the same time, mind you. I wasn't that talented. — Alessandra Torre

I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled. — Lupita Nyong'o

Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown. — Napoleon Hill

Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan administration and did not want to appear naive by talking about programs that called for government support. I just said, 'The hell with that. I'm out there.' — William Julius Wilson

It is a glorious privilege to be alive. Neither scientific analysis nor a multitude of words will describe — Will Durant

Just when you thought that you already learned the way how to live, life changes - and you're left the same as you begun. — Robert Fulghum

I decided as long as I'm going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly. — Stephenie Meyer

My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism. — Ann Coulter

Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both. — Jeannette Rankin

I've been going up and bombing everywhere. It's great. I love it. It's hilarious. — Hannibal Buress

Where nothing in a person's earlier years lends itself to an old age devoted to continuing intellectual and physical pursuits, a late-life interest in Tolstoy or even crossword puzzles is unlikely to appear, no matter the urging by well-intentioned social workers or people like me who write books about it. — Sherwin B. Nuland