Nonexisting Quotes & Sayings

If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I think, "I have to put this in the song. I have no choice but to mention Greek Cypriots in this song." It's a little internal challenge to myself. Like creating little imaginary rituals in yourself to help the song go from nonexisting to existing. — Andrew Bird

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it. — John C. Calhoun

Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand ... So Greek mathematics is 'permanent', more permanent even than Greek literature. — G.H. Hardy

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people. — Ed Miliband

What if someone gave a war & Nobody came? / Life would ring the bells of Ecstasy and Forever be Itself again. — Carl Sandburg

Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence. — Confucius

I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious. That would be my dream. — Anthony Bourdain

Spare time is like spare change. It's hard to quantify, the definition of that phrase. What do I do when I'm not onstage singing, or sleeping, with or without someone else? I watch movies. — Marilyn Manson

and then i got too old to be a prostitute. i wasn't going to do it anyways, but it was there. it was my z plan. — Mary Robinson

I wasn't like those girls who give birth and are back on the runway. It took me probably six months to gain 45 pounds and I would say it took me double that time to lose it. — Padma Lakshmi

Doing a residency in any particular city requires a large repertoire to ensure repeat business. — Prince