Deco Era Quotes & Sayings

Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing. — David Lyons

Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, and all flock to their aid. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The audience are likely to remember only three things from your presentation or speech — Stephen Keague

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption. — Jim Hightower

A lot of American companies are now moving into Iraq. Iraq now has Pizza Hut, Subway, Taco Bell and Popeye's fried chicken. So, great, instead of oil for food, we're giving them oil in food. — Jay Leno

Well Ashley, my dear, there is time for everything," was Armand's wise counsel to his daughter. "In time, Justin will warm up to you. Just be patient." (Chapter 2) — Ryanne Salve

Don King is my promoter, and I want to fight for him. I want to fight in the big fights, and hopefully he can see by me promoting my own show, beating a quality opponent, and bringing a crowd in, that he needs to use me again. The end goal is I want to be thrown in the deep end by Don King. If I'm not good enough, let's find out. — Mark De Mori

When language in common use in any country becomes irregular and depraved, it is followed by their ruin and degradation. For what do terms used without skill or meaning, which are at once corrupt and misapplied, denote but a people listless, supine, and ripe for servitude? — John Milton

Beauty is the expression of the hearts truth. — Debasish Mridha

The author's mentor advises the NAKED method of breaking the ice at the first meeting: Name, Address, Kin, Experience, and Dreams. — Kevin Roose

To be perpetually longing and impatiently desirous of anything, so that a man cannot abstain from it, is to lose a man's liberty, and to become a servant of meat and drink, or smoke. — Jeremy Taylor

I've always loved the fashion of the '30s and everything that came with the Art Deco era - the jewelry and the glamour. — Emmy Rossum

Everything's a data point. — Paul McAuley

Full and aching and tingling and spiraling, hanging on for dear life, letting go of every other thought and focused only on one thing - let it go, let it go, let it go. — Robyn Carr

If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous influences have made you like it. If you like some of the things I say, and dislike others, you could try to understand why. If you dislike all I say, why not try to find out what formed your attitude? — Idries Shah

Nothing's going to keep me from making music. If I were in the want-ads in the back of the paper or playing to six people at a coffee shop, I'd still love to make music. — Dave Grohl