Overhears Quotes & Sayings

Two buddies are walking home together. As they get to the fork where they part ways, the one turns to the other and says "Man...life sure stinks!". His pal grins and says "I think life is beautiful." From a nearby park bench an old bum overhears them. With a shaky voice from years of experiences he looks up at them... "You're both right." he say's as he turns to the 2nd fellow. "But I'd rather walk with you. — Unknown

[The writer] must essentially draw from life as he sees it, lives it, overhears it or steals it, and the truer the writer, perhaps the bigger the blackguard. He lives by biting the hand that feeds him. — Charles R. Jackson

That is what all poets do: they talk to themselves out loud; and the world overhears them — George Bernard Shaw

Fill your heart with love and brighten your days with color and joy. — Debasish Mridha

Fear about what, exactly?'
'Everything,' I said. 'But mostly just the realization that all it takes is one moment for your entire world to turn upside down. One wrong decision, and it's over. — Kristina McBride

Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news! — Chogyam Trungpa

I always have this feeling that I'm losing everything, so I'm a real saver. — Mark-Paul Gosselaar

That is what all the poets do: they talk to themselves outloud and the world overhears them. But it's horribly lonely not to hear someone else talk sometimes. — George Bernard Shaw

I hate water. It's so boring. And it takes up so much room in your stomach. — J.T. Geissinger

We could visit him," suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm sorry you got stabbed in the eye'? — Veronica Roth

Fine. The next time that my life is destroyed, I'll try to express my distress in a quieter fashion, far away from your tender sensibilities. — Colleen Houck Ren