Parenthesize First Character Quotes & Sayings

This above all: be true, be true, be true. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I am not sure if the ladies understand the full value of the influence of absence, nor do I think it wise to teach it them, lest, like the Clelias and Mandanes of yore, they should resume the humour of sending their lovers to banishment. — Walter Scott

Before the church responded, a lot of people would ask us, 'Are you afraid of what the church would say?' And Trey and I were like, 'They're going to be cool.' And they were like, 'No, they're not. There are going to be protests.' And we were like, 'Nope, they're going to be cool.' We weren't that surprised by the church's response. We had faith in them. — Trey Parker

Don't worry about being able to identify each of these plants (in your designs for clients). The world is full of botanists and horticulturists. All you have to do is design. You don't have to be a botanist; you don't have to be a bulldozer driver; you don't have to be a fence builder; you don't have to be an architect. What the designer has to do is look at the relationships. — Bill Mollison

My poor boat poked along the waterway with the blinding speed of a manatee. — Pat Conroy

Bridal is very much a performance - it is the one grand event in every woman's life. — Austin Scarlett

My music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it. — R. Kelly

We looked as if we'd been cobbled together in Photoshop, the three of us, walking to my husband's funeral. One white middle-class mother, one skinny black refugee girl, and one small Dark Knight from Gotham City. — Chris Cleave

I have only slipped away into the next room, I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used ... Play, smile, think of me ... All is well. — Henry Scott Holland

They'd say things like "Good show!" or "Ho-lo, mommy-crack-a-whip!" or "Boozie!" or "Indibnibly fine shot! — Andrew Peterson

The belief that words have a meaning of their own account is a relic of primitive word magic, and it is still a part of the air we breathe in nearly every discussion. — Charles Kay Ogden

The oppressed do not see too much difference between those who would keep them down and those who do nothing to help. There is no in-between. — Christine Caine

I dare to believe in the beauty of my dreams, and I use my imagination to see them fulfilled. — Steven Cuoco

I don't give a damn how you feel about me, I sip lean pure codeine and I don't give a damn what you say about me. — Gucci Mane

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. — Frank Gehry