Mumblings Def Quotes & Sayings

...his crime was to belong to the losing side, or perhaps even the wrong side. But all he'd done was follow orders... — Abraham Verghese

We never live, but we hope to live; and as we are always arranging to be happy, it must be that we never are so. — Blaise Pascal

She held up the pen and gave him a lazy grin. "It's a rose."
He came close. "It's a pen." He tried to pluck it from her hand.
"You are seriously lacking in imagination. — Ronie Kendig

All you have to do is try, with meaningful words, properly and effectively arranged, to honestly unroll your sentences and paragraphs, clearly, sensibly, just explaining what you're up to as well and as powerfully as you can. Let your ideas be understood without making them complicated or obscure. And see, too, if your pages can make sad men laugh as they read, and make smiling men even happier; try to keep simple men untroubled, and wise men impressed by your imagination, and sober men not contemptuous, nor careful men reluctant, to praise it. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

One travels long distances not solely for large gatherings, but for something more intangible. I have always gone out on a limb for love. A dangerous, romantic, disappointing way to live. — Jennifer Ball

One of the best reasons for eating alone is the assurance that you will enjoy the company. — Karen E. Quinones Miller

I've done a couple of movies for scale, and it's the only way to get a lot of these independent movies made. The actors negotiate deals where they're given just enough money to live on during the filming, but then they participate in the back-end. If the movie suddenly makes a gazillion dollars, we'll participate in that profit. — Kevin Kline

Typically, you get a year in prison for making a threat to assassinate the president. — Megyn Kelly