Forbes 50 Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

747s always reminded me of a fat, ugly old lady in the neighborhood where I used to live. Huge sagging breasts, swollen legs, dried-up neckline. — Haruki Murakami

There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art. — David Hockney

An ethics of desire is good news for those of us who have become allergic to an ethics of law. — Jean Vanier

An unkind remark is like a killing frost - no matter how much it warms up, the damage is already done. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Iain didn't go back to sleep for a long while. He continued to think about all the logical reasons he would never allow himself to be turned into a lovesick weakling like Patrick, and when he finally fell asleep, he had convinced himself that he would distance his heart from his
mind.
He dreamed about her. — Julie Garwood

Oh yeah, gossip. I heard you on the secret wireless. You know the devil's radio child. — George Harrison

Between 1776 and 1789, Americans replaced a government over them with a government under them. They have worried ever since about keeping it under. Distrust of its powers has been more common and more visible than distrust of the imperial authority of England ever was before the Revolution. — Edmund Morgan

Look out, Death: I am coming.-Art thou not glad? what talks we'll have.-What memories of old battles.-Come, bring the bowl, Death; I am thirsty. — Sidney Lanier

I'm going to eat your fucking eyeballs and wear your faces when I'm done with you! — Jake Bible

As soon as he was in range, I struck. I put all my wrath into that punch. It should have been enough to vaporize Mikey and leave a thug-shaped impression on the asphalt.
Instead he ducked, which I found quite annoying.
I stumbled forward. I have to say that when Prometheus fashioned you humans out of clay he did a shoddy job. Mortal legs are clumsy. I tried to compensate, drawing upon my boundless reserves of agility, but Mikey kicked me in the back. I fell on my divine face. — Rick Riordan