Grivas Grammar Quotes & Sayings

Is there anything you can do?'
'Well, in college I was studying-'
'Don't give me your goddamned life story! I'm interested in your trade, skill, talent, profession, ability, whatever you want to call it. What, specifically, can you do?'
'Well,'Marvin said, 'I guess, when you put it that way, I can't do anything much. — Robert Sheckley

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends. — Jeffrey Archer

I don't drink hard liquor anymore, but I sometimes order Lagavulin just for the smell. It's so good. It's unbelievable. — Johnny Depp

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on. — Stephen Hopkins

You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend. — John Travolta

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. — John Singer Sargent

So that when I came from Panama ... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami. — Ruben Blades

One never need leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery one wishes - I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. — Frank O'Hara

If grammar is the skeleton of expression and usage the flesh and blood, then style is the personality. — Arthur Plotnik

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession. — Henry Cabot Lodge

One story is good, till another is told. — Aesop

Marriage?"
Amelia almost enjoyed the look on his face. "I suppose Merripen forgot to mention that minor detail. Yes, Cam has proposed to me. And he's rich, Leo. Rich rich, which means even if you decide to go jump in the lake and drown yourself, the girls and I would be taken care of. Nice, isn't it, that someone's concerned about our future?"
"I forbid it."
She gave him a scornful glance. "Forgive me if I'm less than impressed by your authority, Leo. Perhaps you should practice on someone else. — Lisa Kleypas

I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light. — Ellsworth Kelly