Overflowed Ashtray Quotes & Sayings

My all-time favourite political promise - more a boast than a promise, really - came from former Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, who said in the lead-up to the 1976 Olympics, 'The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.' — Martin O'Malley

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do. — Lord Chesterfield

I used to care about how I looked. Now I don't care as much. Maybe it's because I'm so handsome. — James Franco

People should accept being single, because those are the moments you can really focus on yourself, and learning who you are. Then when you get in a relationship, you will be stronger and have a little bit more self-awareness, self-love, and the other ingredients for a healthy relationship. — Lauren London

Under our system every voter and officeholder is a man who has demonstrated through voluntary and difficult service that he places the welfare of the group ahead of personal advantage. — Robert A. Heinlein

I heard my name once more, and now it seemed louder and closer. Turning to the sound, I willed my eyes to open. When had my eyes closed again? I was like a newborn kitten or something. Daimons across the nation shuddered in fear. Gods, I was lame. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Every country needs its heroes, and we must follow them. — Edward Dunlop

The country was founded on the principle that primary role of government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains. — Noam Chomsky

Yet human experience and the practice of communication have shown throughout the ages that definitions are an illusion, like having a speech defect and trying to say love but unable to get the word out, or, better, having a tongue in one's head but unable to feel love. — Jose Saramago

Take principles, not just religion, to people — Sunday Adelaja

Life is a condition filled with ups and downs. There will be always 'if', in a life. — Santosh Kalwar

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm. — Havelock Ellis

The words slid fluidly off my tongue, with only an occasional stammer. I could only attribute it to the sweep and flow of water around us. — Sue Monk Kidd