Obtenus Quotes & Sayings

A foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside
and domestically approved romantic fancy
is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing
it will only be parlayed into a memory — Tom Waits

Such indeed was her image, that neither could Shakespeare describe, nor Hogarth paint, nor Clive act, a fury in higher perfection. — Henry Fielding

Zip! Back to the mansion. Zip! to Market Square. Zip! and there was the castle yet again. She was getting the hang of it. Zip! Here was Upper Folding - but how did you stop? Zip! "Oh, confound it!" Sophie cried, almost in Marsh Folding again. — Diana Wynne Jones

You make me want things that I'd forgotten I wanted. — Ella Frank

I'm moving to Nevada. Either there or kill myself. — Raymond Carver

A fully integrated culture would be like the dinosaurs, which had to perish because they were no longer able to adapt themselves to changes in the external environment. — Carroll Quigley

A true best friend loves you even when it seems like you've gone off the deep end. — Liz Fenton

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. — Henry Ward Beecher

I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world. — Socrates

I like reading, going to the gym, hanging out with my family. That's it. — Jonathan Rhys Meyers

If we just made one movie, 'The Hobbit,' the fact is that all the fans, the eight-, nine- and 10-year-old boys, they would watch it 1,000 times. Now, they've got three films they can watch 1,000 times. — Ian McKellen

Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying. — Rebecca Stead