Frills And Fancies Quotes & Sayings

I think things are usually bad one way or another," he said. "It might be that only us older folk can see it. — Patrick Rothfuss

The business of judging a headline AFTER you read the copy is wrong. It takes for granted that everybody reads the copy. — John Caples

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. — George Santayana

Paraphrased: When Chuang Tzu was about to die, his disciples began planning a splendid funeral. However some disciples expressed concern that given a particular arrangement, birds and kites would eat his remains. Chuang Tzu replied, Well, above ground I shall be eaten by crows and kites, below it by ants and worms. What do you have against birds? — Zhuangzi

The reading of the ancients awakened new delight in the melody and beauty of language: men became intoxicated with words. The practice of rhetoric was universal and it quickly coloured all literature. It — George Herbert Mair

People willy-nilly borrow for consumption. Civil servants willy-nilly borrow for consumption and then wonder why they don't have enough money at the end of the month. — Najib Razak

There could be no filmmaking without industrywide agreement on frame rates, lenses, and audio recording equipment. — Jeffrey Zeldman

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. — Nina Bawden

Too many times we lose today's battles because we're still engaged in fighting yesterday's. — Richard Paul Evans

It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't advertise and it doesn't care if you habitually pass by on the other side. It's just there for when you need it. Dedicated to the patron saint of lost causes, St. Jude's is an old old place ... St. Jude's isn't a place for comfort for frills and fancies and the trappings of religion. just a place where you can talk to your god and sometimes get an answer. — Simon R. Green

Summertime in the french countryside is the smell of ripening fig trees and the taste of wild blackberries. — Vicki Archer

The right of absolute and irresponsible dominion is the right of property, and the right of property is the right of absolute, irresponsible dominion. The two are identical; the one necessarily implying the other. — Lysander Spooner

Are you trying to live a safe life? The word safe is both an adjective and a noun. As an adjective it means "being free from danger." As a noun it's "an enclosed storage container with a lock." If you're living the adjective, you're living the noun. Don't trap yourself in a cage of false security by trying to avoid rejection. In the long run, building your courage is a smarter choice than running from imaginary dangers. — Steve Pavlina