Pittoresques Quotes & Sayings

I don't actually think 'The Selfish Gene' is a very good title. I think that's one of my worst titles. — Richard Dawkins

You'd be cute if you weren't such a little humping freak." Carter flattened the fur on the top of the dog's head. "Humperdinck." He met Faith's eyes. "I think I've just named your dog. — Kristin Miller

Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives. — Matthieu Ricard

I had written three books [Games of Throne], at that point, and each one of them was better than the other. At a certain point, as the books were doing well, I started getting interest from Hollywood, from various producers and studios who were initially interested in doing a feature film. I met with some of those people and I had phone conversations with some of those people, but I didn't see it being done as a feature film. — George R R Martin

In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. — Louise Brooks

I had led a private life and wanted to die a private death. — Jean Harris

You might be a redneck if when you run out of gas, you put gin in the gas tank. — Jeff Foxworthy

Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so. — Bobby Rush

The gate clicks behind me. The tulips along the border are redder than ever, opening, no longer wine cups by chalices; thrusting themselves up, to what end? They are, after all, empty. — Margaret Atwood

I could have gone to the gym for three hours a day and bought into all that, but I just wasn't interested. — Laura Linney

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other. — Kevin Kelly

I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities. — Henry Rollins

For some, vampires are still firmly in the 'evil, scary' column. However, in recent decades, vampires also run the gamut from evil to morally ambiguous all the way to fangless and vegetarian. I think part of their appeal lies in their versatility. Vampires can be the villain, the hero, and everything in between, all depending on the writer's whim. You'll also never hear me say that anyone is doing vampires 'wrong' because unless a real vampire stands up and sets the record straight, it's anyone's game as a far as defining them in fiction. — Jeaniene Frost

WE KNOW YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS ...
IN THE TERROR FOREST!
WE HOPE FOR MOONLIGHT! — Widad Akreyi