Fanfaronade Quotes & Sayings

It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40. — Chris Hardwick

If you want to be a theater actor, where do you live now? Young actors struggle on a Broadway salary. A lot of them live in shoe boxes; some of them are literally three to a shoebox. New York has gotten prohibitively expensive. — Stephen Spinella

Thanks to years of travel at other people's expense, I have a lifetime supply of soaps, small bottles of shampoo, aromatic lotions, sewing kits, and shoe mitts. I have over eleven hundred shower caps and require now only a reason to use them. I am so well prepared financially that I have money in a range — Bill Bryson

Learning without reflection is a waste. Reflection without learning is dangerous. — Confucius

Good is the mora that makes all sure. — George Herbert

Unable to voice the truth, she said simply, Cyborg vision. — Marissa Meyer

There was Annabelle, with her honey-streaked hair curled into shining upswept ringlets, her complexion as fresh as that of the idealized dairymaids who were painted on tins of sweets. Upon first acquaintance, Annabelle's exquisite English-rose beauty had been so intimidating that Evie had been afraid to talk to her, certain that she would receive a crushing snub from such an exquisite creature. However, she had eventually discovered that Annabelle was warm and kind, with a self-deprecating sense of humor. — Lisa Kleypas

In the middle of a long, quiet night I might give my mother a sharp kick. She'll wake, become insomniac, reach for the radio. Cruel sport, I know, but we are both better informed by the morning. — Ian McEwan

Who knows what any of those people or fish would do in our shoes?" Violet said. "It's impossible to know. — Lemony Snicket

Those with the least always lose the most in war. — Joe Abercrombie

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms. — Wendell Phillips

Scotland just isn't terribly Tory. — Sara Sheridan