Isse Quotes & Sayings

and pulled . . . like taffy. — Amy Harmon

During the Great Depression, the philosophy of grin-and-bear-it became a national coping mechanism. — Maureen Corrigan

Creoles tend to express variations in time by having a string of helping verbs rather than by having complicated word formation rules. In other words, they are more like English in this respect than like a language such as Italian:
English: I thought she might have been sleeping.
Italian: Pensavo che dormisse.
The idea of potential (in the English "might"), completed or whole action (in the English "have"), and stretched-out activity (in the English "been") that go with "sleeping" are all expressed in the ending on the Italian verb dormisse. (Dorm is the root for "sleep"; isse is the ending that carries all the meaning about the time frame.) — Donna Jo Napoli

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman. — Patrick Kavanagh

It's important for me as an actor to be able to make a living. — Patricia Arquette

Lou, honey, I'll buy you a new pair of shoes if you'll stop flashing your panties at everyone sitting across the room from us. You are wearing panties, right?
I glance up and across at Stefan. His words register a moment later and my head swivels toward the other side of the room. There are a number of people staring at me. One of them is Detective Terry Shay. Or I think it is. He's not looking directly at me. He's looking up my skirt — Ronda Thompson

I did what any loving, loyal daughter would have done who had been raised on a diet of Hercules movies. — Jeffrey Eugenides

A slouching posture tends to suggest a certain laziness of character as well as a lack of interest in others. Whereas an upright position can confirm a sense of self-possession and a quality of engagement. — Amor Towles

Greater than all the joys
Of heaven and earth,
Greater still than dominion
Over all the worlds,
Is the joy of reaching the stream. — Gautama Buddha

Wisdom doesn't go out of style, even if it's in increasingly short supply. — Michael Savage

Man is a rough-hewn and woman a finished product. — Rabindranath Tagore

If we are going to save America and evangelize the world, we cannot accommodate secular philosophies that are diametrically opposed to Christian truth. — Jerry Falwell

Love is not measured by acts or years, but by truth between two people. — Evan Meekins

The most complete human being is he or she who consciously or unconsciously obeys the profound physical laws of our being in such a way that the spirit receives as much help and as little hindrance from the body as possible. — Marie Stopes