Iconographic Encyclopedia Quotes & Sayings

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. — Baruch Spinoza

Like them you are tall and taciturn, and you are sad, all at once, like a voyage. — Pablo Neruda

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim. — Margaret Thatcher

The ancient Greeks thought there was no need to count something that was nothing. And since it was nothing, they held that it was impossible to express it as a figure. So someone had to overcome this reasonable assumption, someone had to figure out how to express nothing as a number. This unknown man from India made nonexistence exist. — Yoko Ogawa

I probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues. — Billy Gibbons

It's my feeling that any writer can get an emotion into a story without being sentimental as long as the emotion is dealt with honestly, with sufficient clarity, and detail. — Charles Baxter

With God all things are possible — Jehovah

I'm a 'What you see is what I want you to see' kind of girl ... When I first started, I just wanted to be perfect. I wanted to say I loved bunnies and rainbows and world peace. I realized that the only way to be perfect was to embrace your imperfections. — Olivia Munn

This leg will be known as Christmas, and this leg will be known as New Year's Eve! Ladies ... why don't you all come visit the Big Valbowski between the holidays. — Val Venis

I believe in love that's fun, that is caring, giving, and that is honest. — Jordan Knight

My name's Alis K. From now on you will be Willy. Come on, let's push the bicycles for a bit."

Ingrid aka 'Alis K'
The Informer — Steen Langstrup

Right is lovely. — Lailah Gifty Akita

This suspension of one's own reality, this being entirely alone in a strange city (at times I wondered if I had lost the power of speech) is an enriching state for a writer. Then the written word ... takes on an intensity of its own. Nothing gets exteriorized or dissipated; all is concentrated within. — May Sarton

Start finding future clients before you have anything to sell them. Get to know these people as friends, not potential customers. — Keith Ferrazzi

With a braggart, it's no sooner done than said. — Evan Esar