Knothes Quotes & Sayings

The publishing industry stopped having new ideas out of respect for the untimely death of Ernest Hemingway in 1961 and has been doing everything the same way ever since. — Adam Mansbach

The local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a sacrifice of one or the other is necessary, the former becomes only an apparent, partial interest, and should yield, on the principle that the smaller good ought never to oppose the greater good. — Alexander Hamilton

Ireland is a small but insuppressible island half an hour nearer the sunset than Great Britain. — Tom Kettle

Men are not intelligent when it comes to cheating, but they're wise enough to choose a woman who will put up with it. — Michael Baisden

Every word out of your mouth," he pants, "has been a lie, hasn't it?"
"No," I say softly. "Not everything."
"What about your name?" he says. "Is your name even Rhine? — Lauren DeStefano

An anxious expression spread over his face as he thought to himself that the time was coming when he would have to give up this comfort, and then that comfort, until God knew what would be the end of it all. In this way he was an imaginative man, and when these fits of foreboding overcame him he genuinely forgot that only a succession of highly improbable catastrophes could reduce him to the penury he so feared. — Jean Rhys

A trial, it often came down to who had the best story. — Jodi Picoult

Loving him was red. — Taylor Swift

Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families. — Kim Campbell

I am not better than anyone else just because I play football. — Tim Tebow

It's hard to find logic in things sometimes. That's why I can't analyze things too much, because it often doesn't make much sense. — Tim Burton

If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it or get it published. Don't send it to me. Don't show it to your spouse, or your significant other, or your parents, or somebody. They're not going to publish it. — Robert B. Parker

Neither boost about your own strength nor dignity but the sacred grace of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Where's my white collarless shirt from Fred Segal? It's my most capable-looking outfit! — Cher

The very word Secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society. — John F. Kennedy