Mrirents Quotes & Sayings

The influence of cinema on all contemporary writers is undeniable. Because film is such a powerful and popular art form, we prose writers think cinematically. — Hector Tobar

Sometimes skulls are thick. Sometimes hearts are vacant. Sometimes words don't work. — James Frey

Wowie zowie, love me do. Wowie zowie, and I'll love you, too. — Frank Zappa

There is a constant suspicion that headache and giddiness are to be ascribed to philosophy, and hence all practising or making trial of virtue in the higher sense is absolutely stopped; for a man is always fancying that he is being made ill, and is in constant anxiety about the state of his body. — Plato

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing. - Voltaire — Siddhartha Mukherjee

The writer understands how deeply mysterious the 'familiar' really is. How strangely opaque, what we've seen a thousand times. And how inconsolable a loss, when the taken-for-granted is finally taken from us. — Joyce Carol Oates

She wondered why she'd ever thought trusting someone who wore that much eyeliner was a good idea. — Cassandra Clare

All grown-ups appear as giants to small children. But Headmasters (and policemen) are the biggest giants of all and acquire a marvellously exaggerated stature. — Roald Dahl

My Dear Son ... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions. — Abigail Adams

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like. — Mark Zuckerberg

When your sense of worth exceeds your conditions, conditions will shift to match your vision. — Alan Cohen