Piquantly Quotes & Sayings

Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you! — Bertolt Brecht

A shippe and a woman are ever repairing. — George Herbert

When I write, the story is always uppermost in my mind, and I feel that everything must be sacrificed to it. All elegant passages, all the curious details, all the so-called beautiful writing - if they are not truly relevant to what I am trying to say, then they have to go. — Paul Auster

It is all very well, when the pen flows, but then there are the dark days when imagination deserts one, and it is an effort to put anything down on paper. That little you have achieved stares at you at the end of the day, and you know the next morning you will have to scrape it down and start again. — Elizabeth Aston

And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play. — Alexander Pope

I do not believe in the commercial possibility of induced radioactivity. — John B. S. Haldane

Until next time," Hansard said, "when hopefully, you won't have my father's vomit in your hair. — Derek Landy

If I weren't a writer, I think I might have thrown myself more enthusiastically into advertising. But, it's difficult to imagine being a diligent copywriter. It would be quite exasperating for me. — Philip Kerr

I don't care if you're spoiled, for God's sake! I'm spoiled. We're all spoiled, life does that. It's what you do with yourself after you realize you've been spoiled that matters. It's the life you make in the ruins. — Tim Farrington

It'll be a great day when the seniors have all the baseball caps they need and the Pentagon bombs Gilligan's Island. — Jesse Jackson

I kind of consider myself ... I mean, I try to have my comedy be accessible, and if people are paying $30 to see me in a theater and they want to have their picture taken with me, it's not the end of the world. It's one of those things, where I'm not the only comic who does it. A lot of comics do it. If I'm doing a 4,000-seat venue, it might be a little bit of a different task, but it's all good. — Jim Gaffigan

Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans. — John T. Flynn

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs. — Donald Rumsfeld

No person of quality ever remembers social restrictions save when considering how most piquantly to break them. — James Branch Cabell

Once you free your mind about a concept of music and harmony being correct, you can do whatever you want. — Giorgio Moroder

I still want to smack him. Or remind him that the last transfer we had from Abnegation, who is sitting right next to him, managed to knock out some of his teeth, so who knows what this next one will do. — Veronica Roth