Innocuous Def Quotes & Sayings

The people who enlighten us are the ones who tell us their secrets. — Marty Rubin

You know," my father said sprinkling nutmeg on his brandy Alexander, "if you sniff too much nutmeg, you could die."
"You can die from anything, really," my mother said "You can die from eating too many apricots."
"How many apricots?" I said, afraid that the World's Most Pathetic Death could happen to me. — Alison Espach

Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism. — G. Willow Wilson

Removed from their own day of glorious release — Maya Angelou

There is a long and successful tradition of popular movements in the U.S. and elsewhere having an impact on crises in forgotten places. — John Prendergast

GHOSTBUSTERS I always wanted the reboot of Ghostbusters to be four girl-ghostbusters. Like, four normal, plucky women living in New York City searching for Mr. Right and trying to find jobs - but who also bust ghosts. I'm not an idiot, though. I know the demographic for Ghostbusters is teenage boys, and I know they would kill themselves if two ghostbusters had a makeover at Sephora. I just have always wanted to see a cool girl having her first kiss with a guy she's had a crush on, and then have to excuse herself to go trap the pissed-off ghosts of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire or something. In my imagination, I am, of course, one of the ghostbusters, with the likes of say, Emily Blunt, Taraji Henson, and Natalie Portman. Even if I'm not the ringleader, I'm definitely the one who gets to say "I ain't afraid a no ghost." At least the first time. — Mindy Kaling

Self-blame is usually a way of avoiding something more hideous anyway, something you're willing to be punished for but unwilling to change, or even something terrible in the imperfect structure of the universe. — Lewis Nordan

Millard! Are you all right? Say something!"
"I must apologize," he said. "It seems I've gone and gotten myself shot. — Ransom Riggs

I believe only a free society can ever be truly secure. The goal should be to make terrorists feel threatened, not the American people. — Ron Paul