Definitional Claim Quotes & Sayings

Things have done their part; it is for us to do ours ... — Reginald Horace Blyth

What we deem insignificant may bear light to the whole world. — Benjamin Blech

Kill farmers! Ares screamed in his head. Return to the legion and fight Greeks! Mars said. What are we doing here? Killing farmers! Ares screamed back. "Shut up!" Frank yelled aloud. "Both of you!" A couple of old ladies with shopping bags shuffled past. They gave Frank a strange look, muttered something in Italian, and kept going. Frank stared — Rick Riordan

Now I can't abide rudeness, even in so called great artists. Rudeness and cruelty are the qualities i hate most. Rudeness and cruelty are always connected, I feel. One example out of many is Stalin. — Dmitri Shostakovich

I'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed. And then you just try to make it the best shed you can. — Sadie Jones

All you would hear every night on the news was that somebody had been shot dead in a certain part of Belfast. We lived opposite a judge, and there were always soldiers crouched down in our garden. We'd sit and talk to them, and I even used to sing to them! — Rachel Tucker

Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence. — Ambrose Bierce

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate. — Mary Cheney

Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing. — Sandra Bullock

I been doing music my whole life. — Young Buck

Dreams are things from the past. They aren't from the future. That wasn't you imprisoned there. You imprison your dreams. You understand?
Yeah, I'd say. But I wasn't convinced. — Haruki Murakami