Grungy Gentleman Quotes & Sayings

We write for reasons beyond that which we can see at the time of pen touching paper. ~ Ryan Mark, Author of Tremor — Ryan Mark

It was OK to need people; she was learning that. You just had to be careful. — Nicole Richie

I know this is rather trivial - I will not be very deep about this - but it's great when you call the hottest restaurant in town and ask for a table for five at 8:00 P.M., and they say, 'Okay,' instead of, 'You have to wait two months.' — Caprice Bourret

But everything falls away, try as you might to stop it. And for whatever returns to you, be grateful. — Rachel Cusk

The work being done by Linklaters to help organizations understand keys to success in the development sector serves as an important international affairs issue and crucial element in how all of us work to support service provision in impoverished communities in a lasting and effective way. — Ann Cotton

What have I done?" I whispered.
Jill put her arm around me, but it was Dimitri who spoke.
"What you had to. — Richelle Mead

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked. — Arthur Schopenhauer

I just wanted to honor who Emily was. She's just a strong woman. Through my journey of playing her, I found a lot of strength, and I think that I've changed, as a female, in the way that I carry myself. To go through something traumatic, like getting your face scarred, it made me analyze vanity a lot. When you have a little pimple and you're like, "Oh, my god, there's an alien on my face!," you feel like it's magnified. — Tinsel Korey

But there is a kindness here, a complicated kindness. You can see it sometimes in the eyes of people when they look at you and don't know what to say. — Miriam Toews

People have made a living deconstructing Lennon and The Beatles songs because of their compositional sophistication. But what's so exciting about John is that he never had any of that training on musical theory; something just spoke to him, and he just knew what sounded right. — Randy Bachman

The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions. — John Lancaster Spalding

This queer crotchet [of Hamilton's] that algebra is the science of pure time has attracted many philosophers, and quite recently it has been exhumed and solemnly dissected by owlish metaphysicians seeking the philosopher's stone in the gall bladder of mathematics. — Eric Temple Bell

In the business world, management is always viewed in terms of productivity. Why? Because productivity is the key to the success of the organization and to your future as a manager. — Tony Alessandra

Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it. — Karen Armstrong