Loosening Rusted Quotes & Sayings

Imagination is the creation of the mind. Reality is the creation that we find. — Debasish Mridha

A sort of animals, to whose share, [ ... ] some small pittance of reason had fallen, whereof we made no other use, than to aggravate our natural corruptions, and to acquire new ones, which nature had not given us; that we disarmed ourselves of the few abilities she had bestowed; hand been very successful in multiplying our wants, and seemed to spent our whole lives in vain endeavors to supply them by our own inventions. — Jonathan Swift

I'm blushing at my own stupid, nonsensical, meaningless thought process, which, by the way, nobody knows about except me. — Sophie Kinsella

If you're in a subordinate position of some sort and pretty much all of us are at some point in our lives, your general tendency is to try and impress the people above you or person above you so well that they will like you, keep you or maybe promote you. In the process of doing that you are not aware that that person above has insecurities and if you try so hard they may see that you are after their job or that you are better than they are or they might envy the fact you are younger. — Robert Greene

Her virtues, graced with external gifts, Do breed love's settled passions in my heart; And like as rigour of tempestuous gusts Provokes the mightiest hulk against the tide, So am I driven by breath of her renown Either to suffer shipwreck or arrive Where I may have fruition of her love. — William Shakespeare

We can be only too grateful that an Archbishop of Braga should have immersed himself so deeply in theological speculation, armed and equipped as he was for war, with his coat of mail, his broadsword dangling from the — Jose Saramago

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way. — Lester B. Pearson

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age. — Giacomo Leopardi

It's time to embrace what is ... and let go of what you wanted to happen — Karen Salmansohn

I'm concerned about the woman you're holding prisoner in there," Beckett said. "Knock three times if you're being held against your will."
Phoebe gasped and answered, "I'm fine, too."
"Good." Beckett said with a chuckle. "I was afraid I'd have to call the cops on my cop brother. — Elle James

They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities. — Nicholas Sparks

Immortal beings have been compared to stars, these are existences that linger on long after the death of the thing itself. — Zeena Schreck

I think fidelity is absolutely important, especially in the acting industry, which is littered with broken relationships because people are away filming for months. — Raza Jaffrey

Statistically, I'd say there are about as many gay figure skaters as there are gay football players. The majority are straight. There are just those few exceptions, and those are the ones who have gotten picked on and followed over the years. — Johnny Weir