Getting Old Picture Quotes & Sayings

Fashion is not a government, is not political; and yet it mantles the world much the way religion does. It includes and enforces its own rules, liturgies, disciplines. It has its own territories, its own language, its own hierarchy. — Richard De Combray

Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye. — Stephen King

Formerly an anti-Semite was somebody who hated Jews because they were Jews and had a Jewish soul. But nowadays an anti-Semite is somebody who is hated by Jews. — Hajo Meyer

I wish the Irish had never invented whiskey," Pat said. Mr. O'Malley smirked, "The Irish didn't invent it. God did. It was his way of keepin' the Irish from takin' over the world. — Ashlyn Chase

If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, it is enough. — Meister Eckhart

I want peace. Happiness. Not only for myself. For everybody. — Fela Kuti

Humanity is no longer the same. Its needs are no longer the same, and the needs of all around the world are recognizable. We need jobs. We need food. We need shelter. We need health care. We need education. These few things are the absolute necessities of all people everywhere, and yet even in the most-developed world, like America and Europe, no one has all of these things by right, unless they have money - and this is the rub. — Benjamin Creme

True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice. — Ben Jonson

I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page. — Flavor Flav

When you do the right thing, but not to any particular person, we instinctively feel that we have earned some sort of pay back. Since no-one will do that for us, we opt for self-service reciprocation. — Julian Baggini

I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible. I cannot play Sister Bountiful to the Community while my own electorate are being asked to forego improvements in the fields of health, education, welfare and the rest — Margaret Thatcher

You do not want to be wanted? — Cassandra Clare

When a liar uses words to convince someone to believe them it's like trying to swim with weight wrapped around your legs. It won't work. Eventually you'll tire out and sink. — Rachel Van Dyken

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting. — Peter Shaffer