Famous Maxims Quotes & Sayings

It's a real comfort zone for me to feel alien. — Tilda Swinton

An eye for an eye, I tell myself. A beating for a beating. — Tarryn Fisher

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it. — George Santayana

Physically, man is a dwarf; mentally, man is a giant! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Without death, life would have no boundaries and our days would not be so precious. My mother was a firm believer in the common sense of nature. — Bernadette Pajer

I'm Dee Black. I'm the sister of the douchebag known as Daemon." She smiled brightly. "But you probably already know that."
"That's he's a douchebag or that he's your brother?" Archer asked innocently. "The answer is yes to both. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

We arrived back at the Abbey hand in hand and in perfect amity. In the space of our short walk we had agreed upon a new career and a new style of living. We should embrace simplicity, at least a privileged and eccentric sort of simplicity. We would have rooms for consulting and photographic equipment as well as a sitting room and bedroom with further accommodation for Morag and Aquinas. A pair of guest rooms and another pair for a cook and maid would complete our domestic arrangements. That still left a few rooms unused, but I had little doubt we would eventually put them to good purpose. As to the work Brisbane proposed, I felt a thrill at the prospect of taking on such important and clandestine activities. There was much yet to be discussed, but I felt the new year had dawned full of expectant promise, and already it was being fulfilled. — Deanna Raybourn

A home should be an intimate autobiography of the things that you like. One of the things I'm so keen on expressing is that, if you don't do it for yourself, if you're always seeking affirmation from outside, you'll never have a home. It'll just be a house. — Alexandra Stoddard

You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens. — Jesse Ventura