Nortan Quotes & Sayings

Our work is great; our time is short; the consequences of our labors are infinite. — John Newton

She possessed intelligence and didn't put it to use but, rather, wasted it, like a great lady for whom all the riches of the world are merely a sign of vulgarity. That was the fact that must have beguiled Nino: the gratuitousness of Lila's intelligence. — Elena Ferrante

Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established. — Joan D. Vinge

My mom is an actress, but she never really pushed me into it, and it was never something I thought I would be doing. She was very happy I decided to, but she certainly doesn't offer me criticism because she knows I'd tell her to shut up! Nobody wants to hear that from their mum! — Morena Baccarin

I may find something that looks interesting and then go on to alter the recipe by adding spices, things of my own. I also look for time-saving recipes, dishes that can be prepared ahead and stored. — Paul Lynde

Not all of them who waded into the waters of Lethe found it necessary to take a bath in it, but there were enough - kids who had made dreams their protein. — Stephen King

You cannot friend a hawk, they said, unless you are a hawk yourself, alone and only a sojourner in the land, without friends or the need of them. — Stephen King

We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards to the American political system that I've ever seen in my life. — Jimmy Carter

I don't get depressed; I grow a tumor instead. — Woody Allen

I can't do this without her, Liz, I can't. Every part of my life is wrapped up in her. She's my wife, — Tara Sivec

Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no real voice has ever pierced on its way to us, or from us to that which we can only conjecture to be without. — Walter Pater

Of course, Zach Nortan could show up at school in a garbage bag and still look great. — Heather Vogel Frederick

Who cares, who cares. The perennial adolescent riposte. I cared, of course. I cared what people thought. I always did care. Unlike Laura, I have never had the courage of my convictions. — Margaret Atwood

Our faith should be expressed in working toward a better planet for our children and not the selfish, juvenile hope for a better afterlife for ourselves. I don't think anyone is going to Hell, because it only exists in the minds of people who wish ill will on others. — Greg Graffin

Is there possibility somebody to don't lie and to don't say the truth??
- Truth hurts!
- Lie, just makes mess after mess and mess and you just die as liar (You don't want it, do you?) — Deyth Banger

You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously. — Matt Gonzalez