Laureates Define Quotes & Sayings

THE BEST PLACES I HAVE BEEN TO ARE IN BOOKS. — Ebimoboere Boleigha

I was the first to promote The Beatles in the States, and Ed Sullivan called me first about them before he ever booked them on his television show. — Sid Bernstein

The kiss ignited like a rocket flash. Not that this surprised her. Everything pertaining to Mark seemed to burn hot and fast. Frustration, lust ...
His mouth was rough, hot and hungry on hers as he pulled her closer, taking control. She heard herself moan, kissing him with helpless desperation. If dessert was her usual drug of choice, it'd just been replaced because she couldn't seem to get enough of him. — Jill Shalvis

Politics envelops us like the coils of a snake and no way out but to wrestle with it — Mahatma Gandhi

Nooo. Absolutely posifreakingtively not! "That's — Amanda Torrey

In a time of polarized politics there's one thing that more than ninety percent of Americans agree on, that our government is broken, and broken because of the money in politics. — Lawrence Lessig

To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight. — Sydney Smith

When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor. — Michel Hazanavicius

Love. Like clothes, I had guessed it was something that fit no two people exactly the same way. I was still unsure what the word looked like for me, but I sensed that sooner or rather than later, it would be fully defined. All that remained to be seen was if I could be satisfied with the definition. — Kiera Cass

at Thanksgiving and all? They make a wish, rip it apart and laugh because some idiot gets more of the dead thing's bone than someone else. It's just really stupid, if you ask me. All these nice parents who've got kids and tell them to be nice and then get their kicks ripping bones apart. Sick bastards. I — Lauren J. Woodhouse

Writing's a pathology," I say. "I'd pack it in tomorrow, if I could. — David Mitchell

We're not put on this earth to fuck around. We have to make something of our lives. — Zia Haider Rahman

If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics. — Iggy Pop

Sin always overpromises and underdelivers, while righteousness pays dividends for eternity...

Nothing is more illogical than sin. It's the epitome of poor judgment. It's temporary insanity with eternal consequences. And we have no alibi, save the cross of Jesus Christ. — Mark Batterson

Representational painters: place your works in a larger context. Give your work not only breadth but breath. Do not 'copy' what you see outwardly but give it 'spirit. — Joshua L. Goldberg