Lexicography Crossword Quotes & Sayings

Of course you always had that detached quality as if you were playing a game without much concern over whether you won or lost, and now that you've lost the game, not lost but just quit playing, you have that rare sort of charm that usually only happens in very old or hopelessly sick people, the charm of the defeated. — Tennessee Williams

I can't stand on a podium and beat my chest saying I'm the best. I just think I've been the luckiest of all. Yes, I'm talented. The movies that I've chosen and the way they've fared have also helped. I've always done films I would love to watch. I have stayed away from films which I thought were depressing. — Kajol

What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property. — Thomas Piketty

It was lights, camera, inaction. — Terry Gilliam

The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they usually don't use a bad photo, so you can't worry too much. So my main concern is that I just look a bit more like myself. — Sophie Okonedo

I need only you, Milano, not your money. — Olga Goa

What grabs our mental spotlight is illicit sex, violent death, and Walter Mittyish leaps of status. Now — Steven Pinker

Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece. — John C. Maxwell

If voting could change anything, it would be illegal. — Jello Biafra

You can't 'increment' yourself into the future. — Watts Wacker

Someone real," I hear myself saying. "Someone who never has to pretend, and who I never have to pretend around. Someone who's smart, but knows how to laugh at himself. Someone who would listen to a symphony and start to cry, because he understands music can be too big for words. Someone who knows me better than I know myself. Someone I want to talk to first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Someone I feel like I've known my whole life, even if I haven't. — Jodi Picoult

I'm not trying to do it like that ... I'm trying to do it like it hasn't been done! — Michael Treanor