Jimat Cermat Quotes & Sayings

There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil. — Gore Vidal

Faith's table is always laid, whether the invited guest sits down or stays away with a thousand excuses and pretexts. — Hans Urs Von Balthasar

I grew up in a household that was filled with Scottish and Irish ballads. So I think that the complexity and the melancholy and the languor of them has kind of gotten into my bones and that's the way I write. Now what does it contribute to my books? I don't know; I guess I would say that those are the kinds of books I like to read, books with vivid images and lots of mist and velvet cloaks and stuff. It's not as though I'm setting out to do that; it's just who I am. — Franny Billingsley

In 1738, the Pope issued an encyclical banning all participation in Masonry under threat of excommunication. — James Wasserman

If you build it, they will come. — W.P. Kinsella

When I was a Hollywood press agent, I learned how the Hollywood casting system worked. There was a roster of actors who were always perfect as doctors or lawyers or laborers, and the directors just picked the types they needed and stuffed them into film after film. I do the same [with
my characters], book after book. — Richard Condon

She looked as plump and self-confident as the city pigeons outside, and as sure of her place. — Kerry Greenwood

Beer tastes terrible, and those that try to tell me otherwise are simply lying to themselves. I drink beer for the sole purpose of getting a buzz or getting drunk. — Amy Daws