Cute Unpopular Quotes & Sayings

Mr Babbington,' he said, suddenly stopping in his up and down. 'Take your hands out of your pockets. When did you last write home?' Mr Babbington was at an age when almost any question evokes a guilty response, and this was, in fact, a valid accusation. He reddened, and said, 'I don't know, sir.' 'Think, sir, think,' said Jack, his good-tempered face clouding unexpectedly ... 'Never, mind. Write a handsome letter. Two pages at least. And send it in to me with your daily workings tomorrow. Give your father my compliments and tell him my bankers are Hoares.' For Jack, like most other captains, managed the youngsters' parental allowance for them. 'Hoares,' he repeated absently once or twice, 'my bankers are Hoares,' and a strangled ugly crowing noise made him turn. Young Ricketts was clinging to the fall of the main burton-tackle in an attempt to control himself, but without much success. — Patrick O'Brian

When someone anonymous tells me I'm fat, that's not a person to me. If they're not going to acknowledge me as a person, I'm certainly not going to acknowledge them as a person. — Lena Dunham

Very nice and funny, but he put the 'or' in man-whore. — J. Lynn

For taijutsu, the flexibility of the legs is the most important
factor, not the strength of the legs. — Toshitsugu Takamatsu

I almost ran you down, remember? I have to be nice to you, so you don't have me arrested. — Kami Garcia

There was a war all over the world
and all over the world
was grief.
And yet I whispered into jewelled ears
verses of love.
It makes me feel ashamed.
But no, not really. — Jaroslav Seifert

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality. That is the subject that, if you have a brain in your head, is always dealt with in magic. The smarter the tricks you're doing, the more that' s an important thing. — Penn Jillette

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist. — Max Lerner

And he loved her so much that when he imagined losing her it felt like looking into a black hole. Isn't that what black holes did - suck all light out of the space around them? — Sarah Lyons Fleming

BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company. In response, Twitter wants BP to shut down the oil leak that's ruining the ocean. — Jimmy Fallon

As long as he deceived himself about the truth, he could blame fortune and have confidence in the future. Now the clouds of madness were closing round his mind. — Hermann Bahr

Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority. — Albert Camus