Elsewherestudios Quotes & Sayings

I'm sporting some really blonde hair because I live in Hollywood and I'm an actress. — Sarah Paulson

If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by. — Sun Tzu

You deserved to get run over. And besides, I barely tapped you. The only reason you broke your leg was because you panicked and tripped over your own feet. — Janet Evanovich

She's commanding and loyal, doesn't suffer fools well or make small talk, demands loyalty, and is extremely intelligent. — Mimi Wolverton

... and he wasn't reconciled to dying. Dora told him he was going to a better world. "Mebbe, mebbe," says poor Ben, "but I'm sorter used to the imperfections of this one. — L.M. Montgomery

I wonder now if [the gods] take from us that which we love so we must seek them, if only to scavenge for meaning in this existence. — Tosca Lee

Kindness that allows barriers to one's relationship with God to spring up is self-destructive. — Max Anders

We imagine that the admiration of the works of celebrated men has become common, because the admiration of their names has become so. — William Hazlitt

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof. — Elizabeth I

However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile. — Ousmane Sembene

You cheated!"
He looked at her, wide-eyed with feigned outrage. "I beg your pardon. If you were a man, I would call you out for that accusation."
"And I assure you, my lord, that I would ride forth victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness."
"Are you quoting the Bible to me?"
"Indeed," she said primly, the portrait of piousness.
"While gambling."
"What better location to attempt to reform one such as you? — Sarah MacLean

Say 'Toronto' or 'Ontario,' and the immediate thought associations are with a somewhat blander version of North America: a United States with a welfare regime and a more polite street etiquette, and the additionally reassuring visage of Queen Elizabeth on the currency. — Christopher Hitchens

A parabatai. Like he was. And Jace knew, too, what that faded rune meant: a parabatai whose other half was dead. He felt his sympathy leap toward Brother Zachariah, as he imagined himself without Alec, with only that faded rune to remind him where once he had been bonded to someone who knew all the best and worst parts of his soul. — Cassandra Clare

I made up three lists: Candidate's Accomplishments (real and imaginary), Accusations Against Opponent (including rumours, allegations, innuendos, and lies), and Empty Promises (the more improbable, the better). Then it was merely a matter of taking various combinations of items from the three lists, throwing in some bombast, tossing in a few local references, and, there it was - a brand new speech. — Rohinton Mistry