Forebears Define Quotes & Sayings

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants. — Walter Winchell

Wisteria hangs over the eaves like clumps of ghostly grapes. Euphorbia's pale blooms billow like sea froth. Blood grass twists upward, knifing the air, while underground its roots go berserk, goosing everything in their path. A magnolia, impatient with vulvic flesh, erupts in front of the living room window. The recovering terrorist
holding a watering can filled with equal parts fish fertilizer and water, paisley gloves right up over her freckled forearms, a straw hat with its big brim shading her eyes, old tennis shoes speckled with dew
moves through her front garden. Her face, she tells herself, like a Zen koan. The look of one lip smiling. — Zsuzsi Gartner

The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies. — Tia Carrere

I know we will look back on this and think how odd it was we were championing the rights of lone mothers to bring up their children on benefit. — Harriet Harman

Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good. — Carolina Herrera

Tranquillity was not a state of mind that could be sustained for long. — Arthur C. Clarke

Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all. — David Lynch

Life is always easier when lived for others, and living for others is the best way I know to live for yourself. — Chris Matakas

Let him love none and be by none beloved! — Juvenal