Perished Food Quotes & Sayings

The Raven And The Swan
A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished. Change of habit cannot alter Nature. — Aesop

Ambition or contentment? This simple question led me back to a more balanced view of life and put me in touch with the Me I used to know ... — John Geddes

I'm a lover, not a fighter. — Rachel Hawkins

With Maurice suddenly going, I realised ... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more. — Robin Gibb

There is a strange taboo in our society against ending something merely because it is not pleasant
life, love, a conversation, you name it, the etiquette is that you must begin in ignorance & persevere in the face of knowledge, & though I naturally believe that this is profoundly wrong it's not nice to go around constantly offending people. — Helen DeWitt

What are we doing here, that is the question. — Samuel Beckett

Since he'd killed Newt, he hadn't thought once about what he had set out to do. Free of WICKED, finally, and here he was voluntarily going back.
He didn't care anymore. Whatever happened, happened. He knew that for the rest of his life he'd be haunted by what he'd seen. Chuck gasping for air while he bled to death, and now Newt screaming at him with raw, terrifying madness. And that last moment of sanity, eyes begging for mercy.
Thomas closed his own, and the images were still there. It took a long time for him to fall asleep. — James Dashner

You hired a female guitarist?"
"Uh, yeah. She fuckin' rocked our faces off. — Olivia Cunning

In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played. — Madeline Kahn

At no moment in history has a bright young girl with plenty of food and a good constitution perished from too much learning. — Elizabeth Gilbert