Disdaining Def Quotes & Sayings

Louise de Keroualle, being a Frenchwoman from the French court, was feared by most Englishmen for how she might influence their king, and that fear quickly turned to hatred. — Susan Holloway Scott

She is half a soul, hungry or another...

The girl, she may not know, but she will drink your soul. She cannot help it. Half a soul will kill to be whole. — Erika Swyler

Every human desires peace and happiness, but only a few have the goal to attain those. — Debasish Mridha

I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home. — Rachel McAdams

He decided that we suffer from great temporal homesickness for the decade we were born in. — Thomas Pynchon

It's all malarky; even the wonderful part is malarky. — Robert Stack

To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked. — Thomas Babington Macaulay

Blessed is the society that has oldies. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Viewers who invest two hours in a superhero movie often leave feeling entertained but somehow dumber. — Richard Corliss

My personality is just innately even-keeled. I'm not such a huge daredevil. Which is not to say I'm not a passionate woman. I don't know, maybe it's my physiological makeup, but I don't like the feeling of anything in my system, other than a glass of wine now and then. — Vera Farmiga

glass knives were about as useful as nipples on a knight's breastplate, — George R R Martin

Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question. — Dorianne Laux

I'd rather go for Scorsese and De Niro. I just think he was so much better. — Nicole Holofcener