Peremptory Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

I opened up for Richard Pryor in 1992. I had a conversation with him. All those other comedians can say what they want about what they did, but I opened up for the man. Paul Mooney and I are probably the only ones that can say that. — Mark Curry

It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention. — Conan O'Brien

Believe only in the thing that actually happens. — Marty Rubin

I think that a show that is as successful as 'The Golden Girls' is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. If you don't feel proud to be part of a show that has that kind of track record, then shame on you, because that's a privilege. — Betty White

WHEN YOU'RE READING YOU SHOULD PRETEND YOU'RE REALLY THERE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THE BOOK MOR INTERESTING! — Mary Downing Hahn

He gave out a big yawn while he said that. Which is something that gives me a royal pain in the ass. I mean if somebody yawns right while they're asking you to do them a goddamn favor. — J.D. Salinger

With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create. — Cyndi Lauper

The societies to which I have been exposed seemed to me largely machines for the suppression of women. — Cormac McCarthy

No matter how long you lived, you never got used to seeing terrible things. — Cassandra Clare

Every great writer is a great reader. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Oh hang kitty; what has she to do with it? Come, be quick. Be quick. Where is your sash? — Jane Austen

I'm continuing to do what I can to empower and inspire other women. — Camila Alves

Karl Marx was in favor of socialist and communist-socialist revolutions, but he had a pretty nuanced view about it. — Noam Chomsky

My mom was a Democrat and I was scared to death that she was gonna blow it. First I was going to hell with Monroe, and now to Republican hell with Nixon. — Tommy Rettig

It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. — Paul Di Filippo