Duotropes Digest Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes smart people can be a special kind of stupid. The kind where they know so many facts and are so good at saying "no one would ever do that" that they somehow manage to convince themselves the world is going to care about what they think. — Mira Grant

I'm not in business to make money for the other guy. I'm in business to make money for myself. — Sheldon Adelson

Better a dry morsel and quietness therewith than a house full of sacrifice and strife. — Frank Herbert

Never is the gospel of Jesus Christ more beautiful than in times of intense need, or in times of a severe storm within us as individuals, or in times of confusion and turmoil. — Harold B. Lee

My, my, it's a surprise to see Mr. Braddock here," Mr. Kent said, a hint of acrimony lacing his voice. "Yes, it is." He leaned in confidentially. "Perhaps he's come to apologize. Or maybe that also needs to be done in his bedroom."

I strained to keep a whisper. "You know very well why I was in his bedroom! He was injured, and I needed to check on him."

"No one is going to make an exception for that where your reputation is concerned."

"I had other concerns at the time."

He put his hand on his chest. "I'm feeling quite injured myself. Perhaps we might - "

"Mr. Kent! This is not an appropriate place for that kind of talk!"

"Very well," he said. "If you wish to speak about it somewhere much more inappropriate, just say the word. — Tarun Shanker

We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence. — Paul Ryan

Love is the best wisdom. — Debasish Mridha

In raising children, life brings forth those things where you do what you should never have done and what I taught you never to do. And when my kids have done those things, I just kind of look at them and say, 'Now you know life.' — George Foreman

I abhor violence. How many times do I have to say it? I am a delicate. Freakn'. Flower! — Eve Langlais

behind her out in their yard screeching and laughing. Their dad was yelling: "Don't eat the — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney