Impressionistic Speech Quotes & Sayings

The microwave is as antisocial as the cook fire is communal. — Michael Pollan

Maximum security exists concerning the subject of UFOs. — Allen Dulles

None of them were easy or soft or simple. They were like me, nursing hurts and hidden wounds, all broken in different ways. We didn't quite fit together. We had edges so jagged we cut each other sometimes, but as I curled up on my side, the warmth of the fire at my back, I felt a rush of gratitude so sweet it made my throat ache. Fear came with it. Keeping them close was a luxury I would pay for. Now I had more to lose. — Leigh Bardugo

The American people deserve long-term, forward-thinking policies. — Dean Heller

Spartan surroundings, yes, but surroundings have never been of any importance as far as your work is concerned, since the only space you occupy when you write your books is the page in front of your nose, — Paul Auster

I arrived at the Swindon branch of TJ-Maxx at a little after two. I knew as well as anyone that the store hadn't been deliberately set up as a bargain store for end-of-line designer garments, but rather as a high-security facility for the imprisonment of dangerous criminals. — Jasper Fforde

A novel without readers is still a novel. It has meaning, since it has had at least one reader, the person who wrote it. Its range of meanings, however, is quite limited. Add readers, add meaning. — Thomas C. Foster

Consider, too, how great is the encouragement which all the world gives to the lover; neither is he supposed to be doing anything dishonourable; but if he succeeds he is praised, and if he fail he is blamed. — Plato

The daring metaphor of Jesus as bridegroom suggests that the living God seeks more than an intimate relationship with us. — Brennan Manning

Jerusalem has been our capital for 3,000 years and it's going to be our capital for eternity — Naftali Bennett

[ ... ] life had once again, perversely, refused to remain life-sized. It had turned melodramatic: and that embarrassed him. — Salman Rushdie

Many in the audience consider leaving.
If anyone leaves, let them leave.
The theatre is not a prison.
If anyone coughs, cough also.
The Theatre is not a sickbed.
We minister to the audience.
We revere the pains of the audience. — Lem Doolittle