Johanis Modest Quotes & Sayings

Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter. — Bernard Malamud

Boxing is made for film - there is corruption, violence, tragedy and the chance that the underdog can catch the champion with one lucky punch. — Asif Kapadia

I rationalize shop. I buy a dress because I need change for gum. — Rita Rudner

It's very hard to describe your own style. And I'm young, so I'm still experimenting. But I think it's quite British and very much about individuality. — Emma Watson

It's not about the long ball or the short ball, it's about the right ball. — Bob Paisley

And there hasn't been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin]. — Ben Stein

She is the sun that shines on my path, chasing away any shadows. She is the laughter that fills up the gaping holes, without which I would be a basket case. She is the reason why I love my job. The best part of my day is drinking a coffee, eating a chocolate treat and listening to great music, while sitting with Genevieve Cain. She appreciates life, she grasps it and makes it what she wants. Sure, she's hit a few bumps recently, what with her loser ex, but Gen's a survivor. And not just any survivor, she's a survivor with dignity and pride. — Nicola Claire

Cress knotted her fingers in her lap. "I know you better than you think, Captain Thorne. I know that you're smart. And brave. And thoughtful and kind and - "

"Charming."

" - charming and - "

"Charismatic."

" - charismatic and - "

"Handsome."

She pressed her lips and glared at him, but his mocking grin had swept away any hints of sincerity.

"Sorry," he said. "Please, continue."

"Perhaps more vain than I'd realized. — Marissa Meyer

Only animals should have to pee in the woods. — Tess Gerritsen

It should be held as an eternal truth, that what is morally wrong can never be politically right.65 — Karen Swallow Prior

If the gods weren't long dead, I might accuse them of lining up to take a shit on me. — Luke Scull

When you look at a character and you're like, "Wow, that's really unexplored terrain for me and there's a lot happening here and different angles to him," and you're not sure what his motives are, you've got a good shot at working towards something interesting. — Hoon Lee

The deepest yearning of human beings seems to be a constellation in which the two poles (motherliness and fatherliness, female and male, mercy and justice, feeling and thought, nature and intellect) are united in a synthesis, in which both sides of the polarity lose their antagonism and, instead, color each other. — Erich Fromm