Entgegen Duden Quotes & Sayings

The outside pressure to be married was intense. This had surprised her a decade ago, but now she thought she understood. People wanted you to validate their choices by doing the same thing they had done. — J. Courtney Sullivan

I don't want to be known for bad things in life, ever. I should be known for my work. People should love me for my work. — Sunny Deol

Tastykakes are just another of the many advantages of living in Jersey. They're made in Philly and shipped to Trenton in all their fresh squishiness. I read once that 439,000 Butterscotch Krimpets are baked every day. And not a heck of a lot of them find their way to New Hampshire. All that snow and scenery and what good does it do you without Tastykakes? — Janet Evanovich

Valuing time with your family does not mean you've lost your ambition. Define success for yourself. — Claire Shipman

We stress humanity, and this is done at considerable cost. We can't have a lot of dramatics that other shows get away with - promiscuity, greed, jealousy. None of those have a place in 'Star Trek.' — Gene Roddenberry

Films might get to you and your subconscious and make a little difference, but when the vigilante drum beats, the mob screams and the conformists go along with it. There have to be people who are non-conformists. — Oliver Stone

Sometimes war is necessary to teach us the value of peace. Sometimes you need to learn the real value of diplomacy in avoiding war. And I'd rather my students learned those lessons on the playground than on the battlefield. — Neil Gaiman

Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess. — Benjamin Hoff

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief. — William Shakespeare

If I physically made every work myself, I would get only one or two paintings done a year, if that. — Jeff Koons

Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society. — Jung Chang

Boredom has an important function, because pushing through it can unleash creativity. — Amy Dickinson

Something in her expression made Covenant feel that he came from a very poor world, where no one knew or cared about the healing of stoneware pots. — Stephen R. Donaldson