Pervasively Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

She could have made a favourable impression on someone if she hadn't acted as though at any moment the city was going to step on her — Amor Towles

There is no truth in photography. There is no truth about anyone's person. — Richard Avedon

Anyone young, famous and beautiful who dies young is forever frozen in time and fascinating to all of us. — Deb Stratas

To me, one of the primary reasons E's and S's have difficulty moving to the B and I side is because they are too afraid of making mistakes. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

I don't miss my pin-up days. I'm far too old for that malarkey. — Gail Porter

No I'm not a dream, I'm your worst nightmare — C.T. Todd

I have not much faith in women in fiction ... Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy commonplace. When a woman writes a story of adventure, a stout sea tale, a manly battle yarn, anything without wine, women, and love, then I will begin to hope for something great from them, not before. — Willa Cather

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it. — Lamar Alexander

I'm learning to say 'y'all' and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me. — Mitt Romney

Our code of conduct is definitive; it is not negotiable. It is found not only in the Ten Commandments but also in the Sermon on the Mount, given to us by the Savior when He walked upon the earth. It is found throughout His teachings. It is found in the words of modern revelation. — Thomas S. Monson

Weak? Oh, I am sick of hearing that phrase. Sick of using it about others. Weak? Do you really think, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to. To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not-there is no weakness in that. There is a horrible, terrible courage. I had that courage. — Oscar Wilde

My daughter Penelope has just looked over my shoulder to see what I have done so far. She remarks that it is beautifully written, and every word of it true. But she points out one objection. She says what I have done so far isn't in the least what I was wanted to do. I am asked to tell the story of the Diamond and, instead of that, I have been telling the story of my own self. Curious, and quite beyond me to account for. I wonder whether the gentlemen who make a business and a living out of writing books, ever find their own selves getting in the way of their subjects, like me? If they do, I can feel for them. In the meantime, here is another false start, and more waste of good writing-paper. What's to be done now? Nothing that I know of, except for you to keep your temper, and for me to begin it all over again for the third time. — Wilkie Collins

The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly. — Isaac Bashevis Singer