Deferent Quotes & Sayings

isn't telling a girl you just loooooove eating horsemeat one step away from saying you haven't lived 'til you've eaten puppy skewers? — Rachel Dratch

If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him. — Clint Eastwood

There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive. — Alex Turner

Yet the widespread planetary theories, advanced by Ptolemy and most other astronomers, although consistent with the numerical data, seemed likewise to present no small difficulty. For these theories were not adequate unless they also conceived certain equalizing circles, which made the planet appear to move at all times with uniform velocity neither on its deferent sphere nor about its own epicycle's center. — Nicolaus Copernicus

There is always some cheap pleasant thing to tempt you. — Abhijit V. Banerjee

Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive. — Gabrielle Union

If we continue to approach problems from the perspective of temporary expediency, future generations will face tremendous difficulties. — Dalai Lama

How like the orchard she was. Because of her slowness and the attitude in which she held herself -seemingly deferent, quiet-it appeared even a harsh word would smite her. But it would not. She was like an egg encased in iron. She was the dream of the place that bore her, and she did not even know it. — Amanda Coplin

We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along. — Brit Hume

first condition of a happy marriage is the absence of love, and the first condition of an enduring love is the absence of marriage. — Henrik Ibsen

Ego and superego were dispatched with a single swift, killing blow and in swaggered my new ruler - that primitive little hedonistic bastard, the id. — Karen Marie Moning

Remember that the reader's attention is yours for only a single instant. They will not use up their valuable time trying to figure out what you mean. — John Caples

Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring. — Julia Glass

Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life. — George Saunders