Culdesac Quotes & Sayings

Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause deserves no consideration. — Jeff Cooper

In these fast and fickle times, it's nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring brilliance of the last page of The Great Gatsby; the near-religious harmonies of the Beach Boys' "California Girls"; and the lifelong friendship of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. — Sarah Vowell

I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view. — Dan Brown

Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They're worried that you would be a judicial activist who would restrict our rights and freedoms. — Dick Durbin

Beetee's glad we find the plan hard to follow, because then our enemies will, too.
Like your electricity trap in the arena? I ask.
Exactly. And see how well that worked out? says Beetee.
Well ... not really, I think. — Suzanne Collins

I knew I couldn't sing over them, so I decided to sing under them. The more noise they made the more softly I sang. When they discovered they couldn't hear me, they began to look at me. Then they began to listen. As I sang, I kept thinking, 'softly with feeling.' The noise dropped to a hum; the hum gave way to silence. I had learned how to reach and hold my audience
softly, with feeling. — Peggy Lee

Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective. — Ryan Holiday

Hearts don't often break even. One person is usually more hurt while the other is more relieved. — M. Leighton

Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
"Yes."
"You called her a liar?"
"Yes."
"You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
"Yes."
"Have a biscuit, Potter. — J.K. Rowling

C' in Russian is pronounced like your 'S', so first letter in CIA stands for 'sneaky. — Kenneth Eade

Whatever happens, love that. — Matt Kahn

I was so scared it was all going to be gone by the time I got there. Ninth grade, tenth grade - can't this thing go any faster?
In the magazine, there were funny people with funny names like John Sex, who had wild white hair and a snake!-and didn't that just open up a kaleidoscope of new possibilities?
And how long the years are-endless! And the minutae of your daily life! So tedious, when there are BIG THINGS happening a thousand miles away. And when you go to bed at night, it's hard to believe those people, those fabulous, daunting people, are out there right now!
So we wait, and we endure, and someday we will be there, and we will make it. — James St. James

You're so beautiful, Anthony." A press of lips to Anthony's collarbone. "So handsome." A kiss on the point of his pulse. "So...everything." Anthony had never felt more cherished in all his life. I've found him. The knowledge sank into his bones. He had found the one. — Ava March

There are certain people who prize celebrity over substance. That makes the media world go round. The media needs those people to exist. — Cate Blanchett

As an acupuncture practitioner in the treatment room, I have learned to use the needle as an opening to life for another, the needle as a call to the saint - the holy whole of the other, including all the phenomena, all the "showing," all the constellationof existence, including what we have come to name "disease." To see only "disease" is to be picking the pocket! — Dianne Connelly