Parliamentarily Quotes & Sayings

One's only real regret in life is the failure to act. — Jane Stanton Hitchcock

A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena. A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey. A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song at the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker. — Suzy Kassem

Food is my thing, I do not smoke or drink, so food is my vice. — Kathy Griffin

A girl sees what she likes, a boy likes what he sees. — Jessica Walsh

When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example for the poor to plunder the rich of his property, for the rights of the one are as much property to him as wealth is property to the other, and the little all is as dear as the much. It is only by setting out on just principles that men are trained to be just to each other; and it will always be found, that when the rich protect the rights of the poor, the poor will protect the property of the rich. But the guarantee, to be effectual, must be parliamentarily reciprocal. — Thomas Paine

If people associate you with the idea of loads of money, they in turn will give some of that money to you. — Russell Brand

Once you do learn about the truth, you end up having to take a certain responsibility for it. — Haruki Murakami

Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz. — Wynton Marsalis

When you understand how to do that dance, when the photographer says, 'Hold it, do it,' and you know you're getting it right, oh, the fun. It is fun. — Carmen Dell'Orefice

Beauty is where it is perceived. When I see the sun shinning on the woods across the pond, I think this side the richer which sees it. — Henry David Thoreau

In these electric times the criminal receives a cosmopolitan reputation. It is a privilege he shares with few other artists. — Israel Zangwill

Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope. — Merle Shain

The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. — Pierre Charron

When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is. — Francine Pascal

I don't really dress up for Halloween. — Katharine McPhee