Milishy Quotes & Sayings

Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward. — Finley Peter Dunne

It's usually a spiritual thing that's preventing somebody from having happiness. — Sandra Bernhard

The human body is the only machine for which there are no spare parts. — Hermann Biggs

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. — Herman Melville

It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad, and to lonely service stations that we should drive when there is no one for us to hold or love. — Alain De Botton

She honestly wondered sometimes which fate was worse, death or standing behind a curtain and looking out at the street at all the things you felt you could no longer have. — Elizabeth Berg

Solemn Australians think that an interest in design is a superficial and trivial interest. This is actually an improvement, they used to think it effeminate and vaguely immoral. — Robin Boyd

I never asked to be the world's hero. All I ever wanted was to be yours. — Nicole Williams

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one. — Wilbur Smith

My business is to be talented, that is, to be capable of selecting the important moments from the trivial ones ... It's about time for writers - particularly those who are genuine artists - to recognize that in this world you cannot figure out everything. Just have a writer who the crowds trust be courageous enough and declare that he does not understand everything, and that alone will represent a major contribution to the way people think, a long leap forward. — Anton Chekhov

I smile bitterly at him, then weave an illusion of his face across my own. Raffaele's expression flickers in surprise for a moment before settling back into its pool of calm. "They may have a hard time finding me," I reply.
Raffaele gives me a tight smile in return. "Do not underestimate your enemies, Your Majesty," he says. — Marie Lu

Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything. — Janis Joplin

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know? — Joel Edgerton

Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can take the joy out of life. — Joyce Meyer