Discworld Noir Quotes & Sayings

I have the distinct pleasure of doing exactly what I want to do and get paid for it. It's a joy. — Ronald D. Moore

A Modern Prayer
Dear God, help me to slow down notrushpasteverythingthatisimportanttodayamen.
Robert Holden — Robert Holden

I set out for your parents' house straightaway. — J.K. Rowling

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom. — E. E. Cummings

The killing of a criminal can be moral-but never its legitimation. — Walter Benjamin

You know what, Hunter?" I said, walking toward the hallway, ready to dismiss the whole hopeless conversation. "I give up. I'm just a slutty demon who uses my body to get what I need. You've proven your point. You can go now. I'll go to Hell alone. Guess all I really need to do is give a little tongue and they'll lead me right to my father, right? — L.J. Kentowski

She had an air of seeming to wait, as if for a man to get through with something more important than herself, a battle or an operation, during which he must not be hurried or interfered with. When the man had finished she would be waiting, without fret or impatience, somewhere on a highstool, turning the pages of a newspaper. — F Scott Fitzgerald

The unknown is not measurable by the known. Time cannot measure the timeless, the eternal, that immensity which has no beginning and no end ... when we try to measure something which is not measurable, we only get caught in words. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story. — Gerard Way

Football is one of the world's best means of communication. It is impartial, apolitical and universal. Football unites people around the world every day. Young or old, players or fans, rich or poor, the game makes everyone equal, stirs the imagination, makes people happy and makes them sad — Franz Beckenbauer

So here's the deal:
I speak up in class, I get sent to office. Megan speaks up in class, she's a "strong, assertive model student."I post a few flyers saying that the vending machines on school property are a sign that our school has sold out to corporate-industrial establishment, I get (what else?) Saturday detention. Megan starts a campaign to serve local foods in the lunchroom (oh, and can we please maybe get rid of the soda machines?) and the local newspaper does a write-up about her.
She's like me, only not. Not like me at all. She's the golden girl and I'm ... tarnished.
So forgive me if I hate her a little. — Katie Alender

My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others. — Naveen Jain