Curtailed Def Quotes & Sayings

I played the drums, and I was in a band called Funkasaurus Rex in Toronto. When I left for school, it became hard to play as frequently. — Jake Epstein

It just fascinates me, those private mechanisms that we use to make sense of the world - whether they have to do with the five senses or not. I think literature is one of the only kinds of art that truly lets us into that. — Leni Zumas

Walls get made, walls crumble, buildings get built, buildings collapse, memories get made, memories last. — Jill Telford

Try never to find humor in peoples dismay and misfortune ... so that they won't find humor in yours — Timothy Pina

Thanksgiving began in 1621 when Native Americans sat down with a bunch of undocumented pilgrims. They had dinner and the pilgrims never left. — Jay Leno

Wanting and wishing are very different — Jonathan Friesen

The placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess. — Alexander Kotov

Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you." -St. Augustine of Hippo — Augustine Of Hippo

If you're old enough to have a job and to have a life, you use Facebook exactly as advertised, you look up old friends. — Jaron Lanier

I try to get through emotional pain and not go around it, it always ends sooner that way. I also use chocolate. — Christina Perri

The notion that the UN is some sort of dispassionate body that, does right and just pursues everybody's best interests is a fantasy. Each individual nation will be pursuing their best interests. That's the normal behavior of nation-states. It shouldn't surprise us, but neither should we go to them for permission to do what's in our national interests. — Mona Charen