Ornamentally Framed Quotes & Sayings

Talking to the British about sex is like talking to Americans about reading. Nobody does it so why talk about it? — Greg Proops

President Obama contends that charges he is "not really an American" have been trumped up by you-know-who. — Michael R. Burch

Even at moments like this, there is a limit to how weird I am prepared to appear. — Tana French

Those who travel the high road of humility are not troubled by heavy traffic. — Alan K. Simpson

She was going to go to her room,munch on chocolate,then collapse into bed.
And if her upstairs neighbors decided to talk about who the daddy was or cry again about how much David was loved,she'd go up there and give them somthing to really bloody cry about. — Suzanne Wright

Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval. — George Takei

The intellectual distinction of a house and its smartness are generally in inverse rather than direct ratio. — Marcel Proust

I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic. — Nick Hornby

Love thou rose, yet leave it on its stem. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The English masses are lovable: they are kind, decent, tolerant, practical and not stupid. The tragedy is that they are too many of them, and that they are aimless, having outgrown the servile functions for which they were encouraged to multiply. One day these huge crowds will have to seize power because there will be nothing else for them to do, and yet they neither demand power nor are ready to make use of it; they will learn only to be bored in a new way. — Cyril Connolly

Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ... Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience. — John Steinbeck

In polite society what you say to an attractive woman who is dressed in a way that makes you understand the power of biology is, "You look nice. — Joe R. Lansdale