Namesogen Quotes & Sayings

Generally speaking, there was no other way for a woman to take down a bigger, stronger man one-on-one. This was Aomame's unshakable belief. That part of the body was the weakest point attached to - or, rather, hanging from - the creature known as man, and most of the time, it was not effectively defended. Not to take advantage of that fact was out of the question. As a woman, Aomame had no concrete idea how much it hurt to suffer a hard kick in the balls, though judging from the reactions and facial expressions of men she had kicked, she could at least imagine it. Not even the strongest or toughest man, it seemed, could bear the pain and the major loss of self-respect that accompanied it. — Haruki Murakami

I'll open up a can of whoop-ass on you! — Stone Cold Steve Austin

Survival is the key word to remember - not victory, not conquest, just survival. — Max Brooks

Darling, the history of medicine is the history of the violation of natural law. The Church - and that includes the Protestant as well as the Catholic - tried to stop the use of anesthetics because it was natural law for a woman to have pain while giving birth. And it was natural law for people to die of sickness. And natural law that the body not be cut open and repaired. — Harry Harrison

I often go to lunch meetings with my agent, a gallerist or a casting director, but if not, I stay at home and prepare my own food because I love to cook. I'm great at pasta, fish and nice salads. — Jordi Molla

Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard, to do business. — Meg Whitman

Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue ... — William C. Bryant

Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking. — Norton Juster

Catholic versus Protestant, essentially. It's that kind of fight ... And it goes on to this day. Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion. Shit it. — Stephen Fry

You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad. — Lake Bell

If I cannot read and learn and have things that are worth thinking about, I would rather immolate myself than go on living. Synthetic — Walter Tevis