Grossir Passe Quotes & Sayings

The problem with the contemplative life was that there was no end to contemplation, no fixed time limit after which thought had to be transformed into action. Contemplation was like sitting on a committee that seldom made recommendations and was ignored when it did, a committee that lacked even the authority to disband. — Richard Russo

Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction. — Chris Christie

You mean beyond the obvious drawbacks of being involved with a self-proclaimed and unapologetic asshole? — Qwen Salsbury

There were days when I was on the last $10 in my account, and I was freaking out about paying rent or buying groceries. Then you book a commercial, and you're good for another three months. — Colin Egglesfield

He wished he'd had time to drink dinner. — Terry Pratchett

About time," Brianna said.
"Hey, sorry, we were kind of busy," Quinn snapped. "And I didn't exactly realize I was on a schedule."
"I don't like what I have to do here," Brianna said. She handed Quinn the note.
He read it. Read it again.
"Is this some kind of joke?" he demanded.
"Albert's dead," Brianna said. "Murdered."
"What?"
"He's dead. Sam and Dekka are off in the wilderness somewhere. Edilio's got the flu, he might die, a lot of kids have. A lot. And there are these, these monsters, these kind of bugs . . . no one knows what to call them . . . heading toward town." Her face contorted in a mix of rage and sorrow and fear. She blurted, "And I can't stop them!"
Quinn stared at her. Then back at the note.
He felt his contented little universe tilt and go sliding away.
There were just two words on the paper: "Get Caine. — Michael Grant

I'm not anti-fox hunting because, to me, shooting foxes is even worse and the results are horrendous. — Roger Daltrey

They are both spectacular,
Life and death. — Dejan Stojanovic

Everyone is taught the essentials of writing for at least 13 years, maybe more if they go to college. Nobody is taught music or tap dancing that way. — Tom Wolfe

It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go home and write about it. It's that quick. — Harvey Pekar

When she had first crossed the dry and dusty world which his mind inhabited she had been like a spring shower; in opening himself to it he had not been mistaken. He had gone wrong only in assuming that marriage, by itself, gave him either power or title to appropriate that freshness. As he now saw, one might as well have thought one could buy a sunset by buying the field from which one had seen it. — C.S. Lewis

but sometimes you just need that visceral affirmation that the people you love are all right, that they're just there in front of you. Close enough to touch. — Dot Hutchison

A question is a polite way of demanding something. — Edward De Bono

Not one of them," he interrupted me quickly, shaking his head. "One of us. — Stephenie Meyer

I'm the biggest slob in the world. My apartment is a mess. — Monica Keena