Paynters Quotes & Sayings

It never does to leave a live Dragon out of the equation. — J.R.R. Tolkien

But...was he flirting?
Hmm.
Not sure what I thought of that. A nice office flirt did make the day go faster, but Adam was my boss, not to mention an annoying one, and I was nothing if not professional.
Snort. Yeah. That made me laugh too. — Camilla Chafer

She put her head in her hands and began to cry softly. He felt confused and bitterly unhappy. A part of him wanted to go to her, to hold and comfort her, but he wasn't prepared to be pushed away in cold anger all over again. He waited in his chair and felt the room expand until there was an emptiness the size of the desert between them. — Michelle Frost

The demise of our community and culture is the fault of sissified men who have been overly influenced by women. — Tony Evans

There are only these: sparkling eyes, smudged lipstick, fading starlight, the crunching of feet on gravel, laughter, and a slow walk home. — Jon McGregor

Sometimes I wish that this quest had not come to me. Justice is an impossible beast to track. The trail is lonely, and she offers no reward when she's caught but the promise of another hunt. — Courtney Milan

No wonder women have achieved a more equal footing with men in areas they never fought for
ulcers, hypertension, and heart attacks. We're racing around trying to be all things to all people, burdened by a brutal mix of ambition, anxiety, and guilt. — Kathie Lee Gifford

He was beginning to understand how those ridiculous tales had made her a prisoner of others' expectations. — Tessa Dare

You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it. — Casey Stengel

I fell into the theatre because I felt I was doing it well, and I stuck to it for the same reason. — Martin McDonagh

What we want to do is keep from hindering. If it's impossible to help, it's always possible to hinder. — William, Saroyan

The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive. — Mahatma Gandhi

'A Christmas Carol' has been described as the most perfect of Dickens's works and as a quintessential heart-warming story, and it is certainly the most popular. — Claire Tomalin