Heard Auction Quotes & Sayings

I like cooking, but I like other people cooking more. — David Wenham

Ere we had reach'd the wish'd-for place, night fell: We were too late at least by one dark hour, — William Wordsworth

His own way to a sick man is what grass is to a sick dog. — Hope Mirrlees

If dust was present, it was hiding in fear. — Jonathan Kellerman

Nothing stands still, except in our memory. — Philippa Pearce

The quest for the Holy Grail is the quest to kneel before the bones of Mary Magdalene. A journey to pray at the feet of the outcast one. — Dan Brown

Death is something we really understand extremely well. — Bill Gates

I was as bad as it gets. What I wrote in the book, I was probably worse than that. I couldn't really explain how bad it was. — Reginald Arvizu

I would be more familiar with Janet Jackson than I was with the Teardrop Explodes or Joy Division, because I didn't want to listen to my competitors for fear of nicking ideas off them. — Robert Smith

Absurd. It was absurd to think that someone like that could have any power over him. Yet she would, if she won the auction.
He wanted her to. The thought swept Arin with a merciless, ugly joy. He'd never seen her before, but he guessed who she was: Lady Kestrel, General Trajan's daughter.
The crowd heard her bid. And at once it seemed that Arin was worth something after all. — Marie Rutkoski

Virgin, right? the voice asks again. It comes from the tall one with white-blond hair falling into his eyes. Frankie is still giggling, and my entire body goes hot and red, despite the chill in the water. If Frankie thinks she's just going to auction me off, well ... I don't know. It's kind of hard to be witty when you're trying to call forth a giant sea squid to swallow you up and drag you down to the depths of the ocean floor, never to be seen, heard from, or mocked again. — Sarah Ockler