Pettifogger Defined Quotes & Sayings

My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little. — F. Sionil Jose

To create and to annihilate material substance, cause it to aggregate in forms according to his desire, would be the supreme manifestation of the power of Man's mind, his most complete triumph over the physical world ... — Nikola Tesla

Nature is not on the side of a girl over thirty — Tennessee Williams

Wherefore, brethren, let us be careful neither to out-go our guide, nor yet loiter behind him; since he that makes haste, may miss his way, and he that stays behind, lose his guide. — William Penn

Tell me it wasn't fucking you, and you still get to come to the motherfucking wedding sweetheart ...
Melody G. — J.J. McAvoy

When all else fails ... be a rockstar — Billie Joe Armstrong

4. Real men are men who have devoted their lives to solving the problem of others and giving a helping hand to those they meet in their journey through life. These are the kind of men that history can never forget. — Bien Sufficient

The really damaging thing is that the objectives, the goals of the people on the left are not possible. There is no utopia. — Rush Limbaugh

You want to draw your readers into the world you've created, make them feel a part of it, make them forget where they are. And you can't do this effectively if you tell your readers about your world secondhand. You — Renni Browne

A man does not learn very well, Mr. Robbins. Women, yes, because they are used to bending with whatever wind comes along. A woman, no matter the age, is always learning, always becoming. But a man, if you will pardon me, stops learning at fourteen or so. He shuts it all down, Mr. Robbins. A log is capable of learning more than a man. To teach a man would be a battle, a war, and I would lose. — Edward P. Jones

I am certain that if I have any merit, it is knowing how to make good use of my eyes, to guide the camera in its task of capturing not only colors, lights and shadows, but the movement of life itself. — Gabriel Figueroa

I have never wanted to punch a highway in the face as badly as I do right now. — Seanan McGuire

Don had made a fewer mistakes and learned from every one of them — Mario Puzo

The world will always have people who have more than they'll ever need and people who need more than they'll ever have. — David Ellsworth