P1638 Quotes & Sayings

I like movies that pop, that have a little bit of candy on, that freedom to have a little bit of extra fun, but are rooted in real behaviour. Rooted in cause and effect, never violating reality. — Tony Gilroy

A period of high civilization is one in which thoughts fly freely from mind to mind, from one country to another-yes, from the past into the present. — Gilbert Highet

Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them. — Patrick DeWitt

I promised, I will not leave you. I will not hold back anymore. I will not allow anyone to get in between us. They don't have to deal with just you anymore. They'll have to deal with me too. — Tijan

Deeply rooted in the universalist Western tradition of the Stoics and the the early medieval Christians, Tolkien created a myth to explore the nature of the human person against the avaricious dreams of the capitalists and the diabolical schemes of the national and international socialists, all of whom would replace God with man. — Bradley J. Birzer

A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?". She doesn't care what you think. — Andy Rooney

...your heart spoke for you. You gave up everything for me. — Camilla Isley

I still strongly support a full repeal of Obamacare. — James Lankford

An intelligent man said that the world felt Napoleon as a weight, and that when he died it would give a great oof of relief. This is just as true of Byron, or of such Byrons of their days as Kipling and Hemingway: after a generation or two the world is tired of being their pedestal, shakes them of with an oof, and then hoisting onto its back a new world-figure feels the penetrating satisfaction of having made a mistake all its own. — Randall Jarrell

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life. — Alexia Fast

A book is an arrangement of twenty-six phonetic symbols, ten numerals, and about eight punctuation marks, and people can cast their eyes over these and envision the eruption of Mount Vesuvius or the Battle of Waterloo. — Kurt Vonnegut

The distinction between investment and speculation in common stocks has always been a useful one and its disappearance is cause for concern. — Benjamin Graham

The uncle lit up and blew smoke in a thin blue viper's breath toward the window. It coiled and diffused in the yellow light. He smiled. I'd like to have a dollar for every time I quit, he said. — Cormac McCarthy