Famous Hostess Quotes & Sayings

While reading 'David Copperfield' in the middle of the night - probably because of the light, I had insomnia for the first time - I looked out of the window and thought, 'If this is what books can do, this is what I want to do.' — Siri Hustvedt

Robots are emotionless, so they don't get upset if their buddy is killed, they don't commit crimes of rage and revenge. But ... they see an 80-year-old grandmother in a wheelchair the same way they see a T80 tank; they're both just a series of zeros and ones. — P. W. Singer

May I say, if you were suddenly put into a woman's body, wouldn't you be slightly interested in your breasts, and why people look at certain parts of you, and why certain parts move like they do? — Kristen Johnston

What is to be, will be," said Mrs. Rachel gloomily, "and what isn't to be happens sometimes. — L.M. Montgomery

I think we should stop treating ["God works in mysterious ways"] as any kind of wisdom and recognize it as the transparently defensive propaganda that it is. A positive response might be, "Oh good! I love a mystery. Let's see if we can solve this one, too. Do you have any ideas? — Daniel C. Dennett

My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents. — Jennifer Garner

The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination. — Murad S. Shah

Proud houses fall into decline and great cities pass into ruin. The stories of those things are lost to forgotten languages and moth-eaten scrolls. Vine and root grapple with the rune carved in stone, and rust carries away, fleck by fleck, the great gates of iron. — William Timothy Murray

A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts. — Irving Berlin