Lxvi Roman Quotes & Sayings

When her mother combed Harriet's hair, she said that the woods were disgustingly muddy and mosquito-ridden. During her history unit on pioneers, her father bashfully admitted that he couldn't pitch a tent, barbeque, or fight off bears in a forest. They both agreed that such a place was unsafe. Hotels were better. — Kimberly Karalius

I'm a fool. I expect too much, then I'm angry because nothing ever works out the way I want. When I was young and full of hopes and aspirations, I didn't know I would get hurt so often. I think I'll get tough and won't ache again, then my fragile shell shatters, and again, symbolically, my blood is spilled with the tears I shed. I pull myself back together again, go on, convince myself there is a reason for everything, and at some point in my life it will be disclosed. And when I have what I want, I hope to god it stays long enough to let me know I have it, and it wont hurt when it goes, for I don't expect it to stay, not now. I'm like a doughnut, always being punch out in the middle, and constantly I go around searching for the missing piece, and on and on it goes, never ending, only beginning ... — V.C. Andrews

Light and color are closely linked. The colors can make a crucial change in nature, if you switch from daylight to artificial light or just from strong to weak illumination. In addition, color perception is affected by the material structure. Even if a piece of textile can have the same color as a shiny enamel plate, then they will act completely different. — Verner Panton

A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected. — Andre Maurois

Problems are good. Impossible problems are even better. — Jon Oringer

Whenever the media do try to pick it up, it slides like a lone noodle from their chopsticks. — William Gibson

My ex-wife is a water sign and I'm an earth sign. Together we made mud. — Rodney Dangerfield

For kids growing up now, there's no difference watching 'Avatar' on an iPad or watching YouTube on TV or watching 'Game of Thrones' on their computer. It's all content. It's just story. — Kevin Spacey

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice. — Arnold Joseph Toynbee

I've had my run-ins with department stores, like Harrods, which stopped selling fur coats, but I found some there with fur trim, which is just as disgusting. Foie gras production is appalling - there's no excuse for selling it. — Joanna Lumley

A true nerd knows the difference between 2-D and 3-D, and chooses 2-D every frickin' time! — Ryohgo Narita

I love my family, I love my relatives. One special request I have is for the media back in Taiwan to kind of give them their space because they can't even go to work without being bombarded and people following them. — Jeremy Lin

I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left. — Ellen Burstyn

I realized that there wasn't accessible, user-friendly content out there that really empowered people to find a way into the green movement. — Elizabeth Rogers

I was a huge fan of the original 'Star Trek,' and I'd never even dreamed that I would someday be captain of a starship. — Scott Bakula