Drapes For Sale Quotes & Sayings

Only to be sent tealess to bed seemed infinite mercy to him. Officially tealess, that is; for, as was usual after such escapades, a sympathetic housemaid, coming delicately by backstairs, stayed him with chunks of cold pudding and condolence, till his small skin was tight as any drum. — Kenneth Grahame

Except under dire circumstances or as a day job to support creative endeavors, a smart person is not so likely to want to wait tables, file forms, work on an assembly line, or sell shoes. It isn't that he disparages these lines of work as beneath his dignity; rather, it is that he can see clearly how his days would be experienced as meaningless if he had to spend his time not thinking. — Eric Maisel

It's quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future. — Ben Horowitz

ROSALIND: I would we could do so, for her benefits are mightily misplaced, and the bountiful blind woman doth most mistake in her gifts to women. — William Shakespeare

The present is an illusion. — Ian McDonald

You can grow without destroying the things that you love. — Ed McMahon

We ought to run after crosses as the miser runs after money ... Nothing but crosses will reassure us at the Day of Judgment When that day shall come, we shall be happy in our misfortunes, proud of our humiliations, and rich in our sacrifices! — John Vianney

That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of ways, seems to be a huge psychological liberation. — Anish Kapoor

Strive for more. More zombies, more fighting, more profit. — Jesse Petersen

This was not the Threadwitch who had cornered Aeduan beside a bear trap. Nor the Threadwitch who'd sparred with him that very morning. This was a woman changed.
Aeduan knew because he'd been there before himself. Soon she would learn - just as he had - that there was no outrunning the demons of one's own creation. — Susan Dennard

If I do it you won't ever worry?'
'I won't worry about that because it's perfectly simple.'
Then I'll do it. Because I don't care about me. — Ernest Hemingway,

The power of a kiss is a heady pleasure, one that teases the mind, warms the heart, lifts the soul and tempts the body. — Charlotte Featherstone