Offhandedly Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

The devil's in most people. Not me, mind you, but most. — Hetty King

Rule number one: caffeine is your new best friend. Liquid optimism. — Emma McLaughlin

How would I explain to him that I couldn't make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lose my inner balance? How would I explain that one of the arms of my internal scales would suddenly shoot upward? How would I explain that my hatred of him counterbalanced the weight of evil that had fallen on my youth? How would I explain that he embodied all the evils in my life? How would I explain to him that I needed to hate him? — Milan Kundera

Simply being kind brings happiness every time ... — Ian Tucker

When Goldie Hawn wrote her memoirs, no one said Goldie Hawn was snitching. When Jane Fonda wrote her memoirs, no one said Jane Fonda was snitching. — Karrine Steffans

Some truth has no nourishment in it. — Alice Childress

It does not take a long time," said madame, "for an earthquake to swallow a town. Eh well! Tell me how long it takes to prepare the earthquake? — Charles Dickens

Do you play football?' Brandon asks.
'No.'
'Baseball?'
'Nope.'
Brandon is on a roll and won't stop until he's found the answer he's looking for. 'Tennis?'
'That would be a nada'
'Then what sport do you play?'
Carlos puts down his food. Oh, no. He's got a rebellious gleam in his eye as he says, 'The horizontal tango.'
... Alex stands and says through chlenched teeth, 'Carlos let's talk. In private. Ahora.'
... Brandon turns to my dad with big, innocent eyes. 'Daddy, do you know how to do the horizontal tango? — Simone Elkeles

It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission. — Mahatma Gandhi

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. — John Betjeman

Ellen, not for the wide world! But while she said it, madam - I was looking in her glass; of course, she didn't know I could see her - she put her little hand on her heart just like her dear mother used to, and lifted her eyes ... Oh, madam! — Katherine Mansfield

The web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status quo without anyone realizing it. — Richard Powers

We are watching very closely to see how the disease associated with bird flu, when it hits humans, is evolving. — David Nabarro

The past, like Lindsey had told him, is a logical story. IT's the sense of what happened, But since it is not yet remembered, the future need not make any fugging sense at all. — John Green