Pernas Abertas Quotes & Sayings

Over his head towards the fire, seemed invoking some curse or some blessing on the toil. But, as Ahab looked up, he slid aside. "What's that bunch of lucifers dodging about there for?" muttered Stubb, looking on from the forecastle. "That Parsee smells fire like a fusee; and smells of it himself, like a hot musket's powder-pan." At last the shank, in one — Herman Melville

It's something that has informed quite a lot of my comedy - that idea of someone who is always trying to get in there with the right crowd, always trying to be a certain type of person and never managing it. — Jack Dee

Music has the power to unite us. It proves that by working together, we can create something truly beautiful. — Pinchas Zukerman

You and I are about to show these jackasses what we're made of. — Samantha Chase

Pain was a tool, after all. Sometimes it was the best tool. — Stephen King

Yet writers say, as in the sweetest bud
The eating canter dwells, so eating love
Inhabits in the finest wits of all. — William Shakespeare

If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
Will paradise be found! — James Montgomery

Necessity used to be the mother of invention, but then we ran out of things that were necessary. The postmodern mother of invention is desire; we don't really "need" anything new, so we only create what we want. — Chuck Klosterman

If you remember one thing, even above remembering me, remember that there is not a monster dreamt that hasn't walked withing the soul of man. — C. Robert Cargill

If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done. — John Ilhan

The doctor looked at my cardiogram and made that "hmmmm" noise that doctors are taught in medical school so they won't come right out and say "UH-oh!" — Dave Barry

Mr. Poe meant well, but a jar of mustard probably also means well and would do a better job of keeping the Baudelaires out of danger. — Lemony Snicket

Writing is hard work: it is like doing homework for the rest of your life. You are always chipping away at it. — John Lutz

All right. This was no time to crumble. I'd been through an excessive amount of terrifying events. So I needed to take that scary little rabbit hole I was about to dive down, fold it neatly in the palm of my hand, and shove it into my pocket, my Can't Deal With This Now Pocket. Later, when I could process this, I'd take that journey. Until then, I wouldn't try to comprehend, rationalize, or analyze — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Public Servant: Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft. — Mark Twain