Michail Gorbatschow Quotes & Sayings

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer. — Robert Quillen

But it's awluz jis' so; people dat's sot, stays sot; dey won't look into noth'n'en fine it out f'r deyselves, en when you fine it out en tell um 'bout it, dey doan' b'lieve you. — Mark Twain

You can't complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness. Because that is the job. I've always understood that's the deal. — Avril Lavigne

Traveling together is a great test, which has damaged many friendships and even honeymoons, and some people such as [Thomas] Gray and Horace Walpole, never feel quite the same to one another again, and it is nobody's fault, as one knows if one listens to the stories of both, though it seems to be some people's fault more than others. — Rose Macaulay

Want to know what I'm thinking about?" Gat asked. "Yes," I said. "No," said Johnny. "I'm wondering how we can say your granddad owns this island. Not legally but actually." "Please don't get started on the evils of the Pilgrims," moaned Johnny. "No. I'm asking, how can we say land belongs to anyone?" Gat waved at the sand, the ocean, the sky. Mirren shrugged. "People buy and sell land all the time." "Can't we talk about sex or murder?" asked Johnny. — E. Lockhart

He was a man.Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be. — Brandon Sanderson

Many people shun an anointed atmosphere because they know that it will challenge them to change. Preferring to stay where the power of God is not moving, they are never challenged, convicted, or transformed. — T.D. Jakes

Grains of sand will only flow with the winds, Kenton, never against them. — Brandon Sanderson

A woman is subject matter enough. — Claude Chabrol

I don't think I'm ever forgiven for anything, which is baffling because I'm not on TV that much. — Morrissey

There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was. — Jack Vance

By the age of nine, I felt like a plant, constantly being repotted without enough time for my roots to recover, ever weakening. — Sasha Martin

I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong. — Karen McCarthy

For the first time, she studied Nick's face. Lowered eyelids hid his beautiful green eyes, making his long lashes stand out against his cheeks. He had the kind of fair skin that freckled and then tanned only after repeated days in the sun. His jaw rested on the violin. Without his hat, she noted his prominent cheekbones. The bump on his nose gave his face character, and she wondered how he'd broken it. — Debra Holland