Mabel Fairbanks Quotes & Sayings

I didn't want him to move on. I wanted to go backwards, back in time and hug him. Never let him go. — Penelope Ward

you make the fire
and I'll show you something wonderful:
a big ball of snow! — Basho Matsuo

There's this way that photography is always about going out searching. I'm not the kind of a photographer who can photograph my home. — Justine Kurland

I shrugged and said sadly, 'What? Once we gave them the vote, it went totally out of control.'
'You're a pig, Harry,' Murphy growled.
'But a pig smart enough to bow to the inevitable. — Jim Butcher

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. — James Joyce

Are not couturiers the poets who, from year to year, from strophe to strophe, write the anthem of the feminine body? — Roland Barthes

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them. — Barry M. Goldwater

Turn your talent loose with room to run. Talent wants to romp and play. — Jay Perry

By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight. — Glenn Miller

Be daring and determined. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A woman needs to feel safe in love. She needs to know her husband accepts everything about her and still loves her. To be known through and through, including the failures of her past, the shortcomings of her character, and still be loved, that's the Promised Land of a woman's heart! That's where she finds rest. — Tessa Afshar

Loretta Lynn was one of those ladies a long time ago that opened a lot of doors and paved the way for a lot of ballsy singer-songwriters who weren't just cute. — Kacey Musgraves

You know things; you understand things. You have a history and a work life unlike anyone else's. Respect it. Pay attention to it. Let it inspire curious ponderings and original thinking. — David Sturt