Heartily Def Quotes & Sayings

You shut the door, you tell the boss exactly what you think. But when the door opens, the job of the vice president is to stand right next to the president and implement the policy that he's decided. And I'm prepared to do that. — Mike Pence

When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same. — Bela Lugosi

I don't like to lose-at anything ... Yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God's reward, then losing is how he teaches us. — Serena Williams

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. — Honore De Balzac

I have one president at a time. I only work for you. — Richard M. Helms

I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies. — Ben Kingsley

Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, — Thomas Babington Macaulay

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. — Madonna

Pretended grace from natural goodness, fancied grace from priestly hands, or imaginary grace from outward ceremonies will never serve the true saint of God; — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I don't trust you to go alone," Charlotte said. "You'll end up getting killed in a duel with Braddock."
"If I do, it won't happen before dawn at the least. There are still several hours during which you will have to obey me."
"What happens to me if you're killed?" Charlotte asked. "Will I be free to do as I wish then?"
"Remove that bloodthirsty look from your eye, baggage. If anything happens to me, you will be passed along with the furniture and the paintings to the next Earl of Denbigh, whoever he may be."
Charlotte pursed her lips. "I think I would prefer to deal with you. At least we have reached a sort of understanding. So, if you please, I would rather you did not let the duke kill you."
"I'll do my best to avoid it," he assured her. — Joan Johnston

Back in his dating days, a man didn't go to a woman's house if she lived alone. He might pick her up at the front porch, but he wouldn't go inside. Propriety ruled. — Karen Kingsbury

Woman knowing this was not right but not knowing what else to do, developed the only means to fight for their survival that they had, since their survival was dependent upon men, and that was to use sexuality to survive. — Frederick Lenz