Fig Pudding Quotes & Sayings

The only member of the inner sanctum of licensed sorcerers absent was Patrick of Ludlow, who was busy moving an oak for a wealthy client eager to alphabetize his arboretum. — Jasper Fforde

If there has been one overriding change in poetic practice, it is that under the influence of free verse the poets have made a primary virtue out of exactitude and economy of meaning: this has replaced metrical skill as the first thing the poet tunes to. — Martin Langford

Outside, the sleet had gotten thicker. You could hear it pebbling against the large glass windows, you could see it swirling wildly through the spotlights of street lamps. It was the kind of night when you might expect to see a skeleton flying through the air, its ragged black shroud flapping in the wind. — Dan Chaon

In self-giving you must be so careful of egotism. You must be so careful when you are aiding others in their liberation not to have a sense of self. — Frederick Lenz

When you see a crowd of people jumping up and down at a pop concert, all gloriously in the moment, I don't think you'll ever see a comedian there. They'll all be standing at the sides, looking at how it all fits together. — Steve Coogan

If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you can't get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible. — Geeta Iyengar

Men are always for hire who like dirty work. — Robert A. Heinlein

With 'Acid Rap,' I allowed myself to be really open-minded and free with who I allowed into my musical space. I wanted to make a cohesive product, but I also just want to make a bunch of dope songs inspired by whatever sounds I liked. — Chance The Rapper

A person without curiosity may as well be dead. — Judy Blume

Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it. — Daniel Johns

The inevitable effect of a biographer's hindsight is to belittle the subject's foresight. — Clive James

Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six. — Alice Waters

It is intolerable that in our country citizens should feel so upset and under assault because of their religious choice that they would conclude that they have to hide. — Francois Hollande