Muriels Quotes & Sayings

She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind. — Kurt Vonnegut

A kid once said to me "Do you get hangovers?" I said, "To get hangovers you have to stop drinking. — Lemmy Kilmister

I think that one of the motivating factors was in my last year of law school: we had a competition, and I won the competition; it was judged by several of the federal judges at the time. I got a tremendous amount of encouragement to pursue litigation from them at the time. — Robert Shapiro

Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable — Rick Warren

I meant to slip away, he said, busking it now. — Tim Winton

'I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job. — Callan McAuliffe

People should tell your children what life is all about
it's about work ... — Lauren Bacall

It would be a rare place for a gallop." "You would naturally think so and the thought has cost several their lives before now. You notice those bright green spots scattered thickly over it? — Arthur Conan Doyle

Wow," Amos said over the comm. "Three hits. Small projectiles, probably PDC rounds. Managed to go right through us without hitting anything that mattered." "It went through my room," the scientist, Prax, said. "Bet that woke you up," Amos said, his voice a grin. "I soiled myself," Prax replied without a hint of humor. — Anonymous

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change. — Colley Cibber

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy. — Charles Eastman

IN EUROPE, I vomited into small buckets and brushed my teeth repeatedly with chalky British toothpaste. I lay prone on the bathroom floors of several museums, feeling the cold tile underneath my cheek as my brain liquefied and seeped out my ear, bubbling. Migraines left my blood spreading across unfamiliar hotel sheets, dripping on the floors, oozing into carpets, soaking through leftover croissants and Italian lace cookies. — E. Lockhart

It is a terrible thing we contemplate, a vile thing. Yet we who presume to rule must do vile things for the good of the realm, howevermuch it pains us. — George R R Martin

I made a vow all those years ago that nobody would die on my watch... Never will that happen again. — B.C. Minton