Immortalized Single Quotes & Sayings

The application of algebra to geometry ... has immortalized the name of Descartes, and constitutes the greatest single step ever made in the progress of the exact sciences. — John Stuart Mill

Seen on her own, the woman was not so remarkable. Tall, angular, aquiline features, with the close-cropped hair which was fashionably called an Eton crop, he seemed to remember, in his mother's day, and about her person the stamp of that particular generation. She would be in her middle sixties, he supposed, the masculine shirt with collar and tie, sports jacket, grey tweed skirt coming to mid-calf. Grey stockings and laced black shoes. He had seen the type on golf courses and at dog shows - invariably showing not sporting breeds but pugs - and if you came across them at a party in somebody's house they were quicker on the draw with a cigarette lighter than he was himself, a mere male, with pocket matches. The general belief that they kept house with a more feminine, fluffy companion was not always true. Frequently they boasted, and adored, a golfing husband. ("Don't Look Now") — Daphne Du Maurier

I was a really crazy kid. I'm still a crazy kid. That's the nice thing about being in a rock band. You can feel 14 forever. — Max Weinberg

The things I had were mine and some of them were broken, but they were real. They were so very far from nothing. — Brenna Yovanoff

There is nothing wrong with me. These are really sick people, sick that you can see. — Laurie Halse Anderson

I think love is always going to be the most important subject for women. — Charlotte Lamb

In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake. — Sam Donaldson

It just is what it is. It's not always fair. — Lauren Conrad

So you intend to spend the remainder of your life whoring, drinking, wagering, and being as outrageous as you can manage?"
Bram shook himself. He made it a point to be serious as little as possible, and neither did he want to argue with two newly married men about the meruts of being leg-shackled."Please Phin," he said aloud. "I would never think so small. You know my ultimate goal is to lower the standards of morality enough that everything I do becomes acceptable. — Suzanne Enoch

How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes. — Mercedes Lackey

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day. — Jane Fonda

He would not lose her. If he did, this world would witness his rage and need to send him to his grave to stop it. — Annie Nicholas

Survival is the least of my desires. — Dorothy Allison

The citizens of America and the citizens of Texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. That's what the rule of law is truly all about. — Rick Perry