Popova Paintings Quotes & Sayings

Well, your mater is an ass. — Jennifer Worth

Everyone I talk to has a Genesis story to tell. — Mike Rutherford

Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were organically part of them. That must be why we have so much trouble returning borrowed books. It's not exactly theft (of course not, we're not thieves, what are you implying?); it's simply a slippage in ownership or, better still, a transfer of substance. That which belonged to someone else becomes mine when I look at it. And if I like what I read, naturally I'll have difficulty giving it back. — Daniel Pennac

Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples. — Ben Stiller

Gold
what can it not do, and undo? — William Shakespeare

One of the things that was confusing about Limp Bizkit to some people is that our tastes were very different. — Fred Durst

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. — Joseph Joubert

I am, at this moment, what I have always been to him: an object of beauty. He has never loved me as a woman. — Philippa Gregory

Hooliganism incarnate, a walking, talking, screaming, squawking metaphor for What's Wrong With Young People Today. — Julie Burchill

The sky above the buildings outside their apartment windows is the color of a dusty chalkboard, and the light coming down onto the street is exactly the color of boredom. — Jennifer Egan

The truth is that people who live for the future are, as we say of the insane, "not quite all there" - or here: by overeagerness they are perpetually missing the point. Foresight is bought at the price of anxiety, and, when overused, it destroys all its own advantages. The — Alan W. Watts

Success is good for the character. — John Mortimer