Gabinetto Vieusseux Quotes & Sayings

even received a few requests that I send medicine, since none was available in the local pharmacies - an admission, unthinkable a few years ago, that all is not well in the much-vaunted health-care system. — Theodore Dalrymple

In most cases, it is more satisfying to get a friend's answering machine and leave a cheery, tangible trace of your sincere commitment to the friendship than it is to engage in actual conversation. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on. — George MacDonald

Making some noise in the woods is a thing that one can forget. The sound of a man's voice on the other hand, is something else entirely. — Angelo Tsanatelis

Entropy and optimism: The twin forces that make the world go around. — Neil Gaiman

No private detective looks like a private detective. That's one of the first rules of private detection."
"But if no private detective looks like a private detective, how does a private detective know what it is he's supposed not to look like? Seems to me there's a problem there. — Douglas Adams

I'm addicted to Altoids. I call them 'acting pills.' — Harrison Ford

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. — John Cage

It takes a leader to create the momentum, it takes a vision to direct the momentum, it takes a massive action to build on the momentum, and it takes self-discipline to sustain the momentum. Momentum is the bridge between a vision and its results. — Farshad Asl

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble. — Jon Ronson

You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day. — J. B. Smoove

Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero. — Terry Pratchett

He spent three months in a wash of depression and self-pity that bordered the suicidal. But even that solution was denied him by his new found nihilism. If nothing was worth living for it followed , didn't it , that there was nothing worth dying for either. — Clive Barker

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000. — Don Shula

You think we could get them around by the pool?" Taryn asked. "Well, we could, but why would we?" "Because it looks rich. The point is, if this hurts me, I'll be hurt with the more conservative voters out here," Taryn said. "The richer ones. I want to make the point, 'I'm one of you.' I've got the liberals no matter what. — John Sandford