John Montagues Poetry Quotes & Sayings

With somebody like Harrison Ford, they're so commanding and confident, and you know, he does have a certain power or charisma, and those are things that are sort of ineffable. — Paul Dano

The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to put its hands into our pockets without our consent. — George Washington

If you go to Bed Bath & Beyond without a coupon, people will wonder if you're OK. — John Pinette

Seymour once said that all we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of Holy Ground to the next. Is he ever wrong? — J.D. Salinger

Do I think men are complicated? People are complicated! I don't know that there is one particular aspect of men in general that I don't understand - other than why do they have nipples? I thought we decided that men are just big, hairy apes. — Scarlett Johansson

Think of music as being a great snarl of a city [ ... ]. In the years I spent living there, I came to know its streets. Not just the main streets. Not just the alleys. I knew shortcuts and rooftops and parts of the sewers. Because of this, I could move through the city like a rabbit in a bramble. I was quick and cunning an clever.
Denna, on the other hand, had never been trained. She knew nothing of shortcuts. You'd think she'd be forced to wander the city, lost and helpless, trapped in a twisting maze of mortared stone. But instead, she simply walked through the walls. She didn't know any better. Nobody had ever told her she couldn't. Because of this, she moved through the city like some faerie creature. She walked roads no one else could see, and it made her music wild and strange and free. — Patrick Rothfuss

I've never sung a single song in my whole life on purpose to shock anyone. My 'hot numbers' are all, if you will notice, written about something that is real in the lives of millions of people. — Sophie Tucker

The Fresh Direct model doesn't work. — John Catsimatidis

A true legacy is established over a lifetime and relates to what a human being does for others, not for himself. — Bill Courtney

Poor boys are easier than middle-class or rich ones. Boys who've been busted are easier than boys who have not. Southern boys are easier than Northern boys. Marines are easier than Masturbation. — John Valentine

The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait. — Iris Murdoch

I was struggling against corruption and the only thing ... my only weapon was to put the truth in the medias and of course it made me win lots of enemies that didn't want me to just denounce what was happening. — Ingrid Betancourt

I was a very, I think, lonely kid, very introspective. I felt very much at odds with my environment and my culture ... Probably a genetic flaw. I can't really explain it. — Maxine Kumin