George Witherspoon Quotes & Sayings

The first bike that I bought was a Triumph 650. I really like the Triumph 650. I mean, of course, I've driven Harleys, and I think in 'Savage Seven' I drove an Indian, but - I really love Triumph. — Larry Bishop

Build a shield between yourself and the descriptions of the world that everyone else has. — Frederick Lenz

Great artists, as history reveals, have been harshly persecuted time and again by the frightened and ill-educated, — Philip Roth

The New Testament calls upon us to take action; it does not tell us that the work of sanctification is going to be done for us. . . . We are in the 'good fight of faith', and we have to do the fighting. But, thank God, we are enabled to do it; for the moment we believe, and are justified by faith, and are born again of the Spirit of God, we have the ability. So the New Testament method of sanctification is to remind us of that; and having reminded us of it, it says, 'Now then, go and do it'. — Kevin DeYoung

All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly. — Graham Norton

On a summer night it can be lovely to sit around outside with friends after dinner and, yes, read poetry to each other. Keats and Yeats will never let you down, but it's differently exciting to read the work of poets who are still walking around out there. — Michael Cunningham

It's okay to not be superwoman all the time. — Demi Lovato

No pretensions of goodness, of trying to do the right thing. We'd both wanted to embrace this fucked-up thing between us. — Leah Raeder

Well that's the point: People don't normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating. — Eriq La Salle

You and I fight, yes? It's in our nature. I think you should get used to the idea." The corners of his mouth tipped up just a bit. "Are we fine now?" he asked earnestly, expectantly. — Mariana Zapata

I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on
the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain. — Duke Of Wellington

My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them. — Stephen Sondheim

Ladies should also remember that gentlemen look more to the effect of a dress in setting off the figure and countenance of a lady than to its cost. Very few gentlemen have any idea the value of ladies' dresses. This is a subject for female criticism. Beauty of person and elegance of manners in women will always command more admiration from the opposite sex than beauty, elegance or costliness of clothing.
The Scholars' Companion and Ball Room Vade Mecum
Thomas Hillgrove, 1857 — Thomas Hillgrove

The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American. — Whoopi Goldberg