Nick Nora Quotes & Sayings

There was a glamorous Nick-and-Nora element to my parents. If you remove one from the other, you're left with neither. But parents are parents. — Christopher Buckley

But apart from that single expensive item, she stayed away from the high-dollar racks. Luxury was all well and good for a Fae prince, but what would she do with a pair of six-hundred-dollar Gucci boots? She'd be afraid to walk in them. Probably trip and break an ankle or something, and wasn't there some old fairy tale about stolen shoes that punished the thief? She knew better than most people that fairy tales had a twisted way of coming true.
She slipped into jeans and laced up tennis shoes. A sturdy pair of hiking boots went into the satchel.
She was done before he was. Figured. And when he returned, he was wearing dark, tattooed Armani jeans, with a sheer white silk tee and six-hundred dollar Gucci boots.
Which also figured. — Karen Marie Moning

Even if masses of people were to burn khadi publicly and say that it is an insane programme, I will declare that those people have gone mad. — Mahatma Gandhi

Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?"
Nora: "No, thanks."
Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one. — Dashiell Hammett

Far away, to an infinite world I escape. I'm clear and calm, I'm unafraid. Sunless days, in my sheltered milkyway. In Saturn's rings I feel no pain. — Paula Cole

People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy. — John Kenneth Galbraith

I wasn't expecting to come home to you, but now that you're here, I have no intention of letting you leave. — Becca Fitzpatrick

What to say? That I would have loved to make the trip but was busy staying out of the mental hospital? It's so humiliating - so degrading. If I knew I wouldn't get caught, I'd love to lie about it - invent an acceptable cancer, that recurs and vanishes, that people could understand - that wouldn't make them frightened and uncomfortable. — Andrew Solomon

Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?
Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town. — Barbara Hambly

Then again, she reminded herself, if she wanted Nick to take her seriously as a woman, she had to take herself seriously first. — Nora Roberts

Nora: "How do you feel?"
Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober. — Dashiell Hammett

What use is status if you have no one to share it with, Dad? — Renita D'Silva

You like Nick a lot, don't you, Nora?" Dorothy asked.
"He's an old Greek fool, but I'm used to him."
"Charles isn't a Greek name."
"It's Charalambides," I explained. "When the old man came over, the mugg that put him through Ellis Island said Charalambides was too long ... too much trouble to write ... and whittled it down to Charles. It was all right with the old man; they could have called him X so they let him in. — Dashiell Hammett

theres only a little bit of that boy i got stuck with all those years ago left in there nick and its the best part — Nora Roberts

I am not in competition with my peers; I am in competition with myself. — Don Dokken

Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been turned into a political football primarily by the climate deniers who have a vested interested in maintaining the status quo. That includes certain industrial interests, financial interests and political interests. — James Balog

The future cannot be controlled, only experienced. — John Izzo

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline. — Harry Houdini

He simply shook his head. 'If your point of reference is a glimpse you've caught of a business transaction conducted in an alley, I'd venture that you have no idea what I can do with a wall. — Courtney Milan