Curiositea Quotes & Sayings

To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store ... To me it is astonishing and miraculous to think that any one of us can poke among the stalls for something to read overnight
and that this something may be the sum of a lifetime of sweat, tears, and genius that some poor, struggling, blessed fellow expended trying to teach us the truth. — Lionel Barrymore

Watches may disagree, but let us not. — Mahatma Gandhi

Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power. — Joyce Maynard

It does not cost anything to dream. Spend your time enjoying your big dreams. — Donald Trump

I forgot to mention," Father Christopher said, smiling seraphically at Sir Martin, "that I am also a priest. So let me offer you a blessing." He pulled out a golden crucifix that had been hidden beneath his shirt and held it toward Lord Slayton's men. "May the peace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ," he said, "comfort and sustain you while you take your farting mouths and your turd-reeking presence out of our sight." He waved a sketchy cross toward the horsemen. "And thus farewell. — Bernard Cornwell

The body is the one thing you can't fake; it's just got to be there. — James Dickey

But everything takes a different shape when we pass from abstractions to reality. In the former, everything must be subject to optimism, and we must imagine the one side as well as the other striving after perfection and even attaining it. Will this ever take place in reality? — Carl Von Clausewitz

Because if the Masters of the World exist, they can only be underground: this is a truth that all sense but few dare utter. Perhaps — Umberto Eco

In the 1970s, as historians became enchanted with microhistories, economists were expanding the reach of their discipline. Nations, states and cities began to plan for the future by consulting with economists whose prognostications were shaped by investment cycles rather than historical ones. — Annalee Newitz

I had a high-flying career. Never wanted to get married. All I wanted to do was have some fun. — Cindy Gallop

Saying that financial literacy means diversification is just another example of the fox teaching the chickens. — Robert Kiyosaki

Why, that is why the gods made whores for imps like me. — George R R Martin

Because in the past words have only driven them apart. — Jodi Picoult