Pessimists Archive Quotes & Sayings

I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched. — Alanis Morissette

The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of honor than its conqueror. — J. Arthur Thomson

I give it up to women who have the power to keep their spirit alive under very difficult circumstances. — Emily Saliers

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. — George Bernard Shaw

How long until you have to go ... reap?" I whispered as my arms slid around his neck. Like we were dancing. Only we weren't moving, and there was no music.
"Don't know. Don't care."
"Won't you get in trouble if you miss something?"
"See my previous answer. — Rachel Vincent

One by one, all of my college buddies had taken these nothing-special entry-level jobs, pushing papers for $18,000 or $21,000 a year (and hating the work besides), and I'd turn up my nose and tell them I wasn't about to get out of bed for anything less than $50,000. That was my line, my attitude. — Bill Rancic

What about you, Ian? Why don't you come too?
Can't. I'm Jewish.
You are not Jewish! You're Italian.
I was thinking of converting. — Terri Blackstock

I stood before her asserting my age, but in truth not knowing where the years had gone or how they had led up to this moment. — David Dabydeen