Lauded Crossword Quotes & Sayings

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God. — Rembrandt

It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused. A lot of people seem to feel that joy is only the most intense version of pleasure, arrived at by the same road - you simply have to go a little further down the track. That has not been my experience. — Zadie Smith

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics. — Roger Ebert

Lice have been with us and evolving with us for as long as we have existed. — Mark Stoneking

We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls. — Paul McCartney

At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss. — Sathya Sai Baba

Life serves up satire. Unfortunately. Or fortunately. I don't know. You have to reel it in to drama. — Stephen Gaghan

If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along the way. If we do not consciously select our goals, we may be controlled by goals not of our own choosing - goals imposed by outside pressures (such as the expectations of others) or by our habits (such as procrastination) or by our desire for the approval of the world. — Ezra Taft Benson

That's one of the good things about being recognisable - if you need a quick escape, the cabbies will take care of you. — David Hasselhoff

I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave. — David Mitchell

When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school. I think even these days if you were to tell your mother you want to be a fashion designer, or an artist or a writer, a lot of Asian parents would be alarmed because they don't think that's a secure career. — Amy Chua

A bathrobe answered the door. Inside it, a woman ... — Markus Zusak

I'm for freedom, which I believe is a universal value that every human being is and that is a gift from God. — Dana Perino