Poprosit Quotes & Sayings

If fifty bands of men surrounded us/ and every sword sang for your blood,/ you could make off still with their cows and sheep. — Homer

I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism. — Hugo Chavez

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. — John Buchan

Perhaps that is the best way to say it: printed books are magical, and real bookshops keep that magic alive. — Jen Campbell

I've come to view screenwriting assignments as playwriting grants, because they provide a considerable financial cushion. However, they can also be extremely time-consuming. Film projects tend to drag on and on, which takes me away from the theatre, and then they don't get made. At the same time, the screenplays that have come my way have been quite challenging, for the most part, and even enjoyable. — Donald Margulies

If this book accomplishes anything it will be to have exposed a number of myths about the American dream, to have disabused readers of the notion that upward mobility is a function of the founders' ingenious plan, or that Jacksonian democracy was liberating, or that the Confederacy was about states' rights rather than preserving class and racial distinctions. — Nancy Isenberg

What's your favorite axiom? (The nerd pickup line, — Hanya Yanagihara

Rising expectation is a recipe for change — Raymond A. Ebanks

Your dreams are a poetic reflection of your soul's wishes. Be courageous enough to follow them. — Steve Maraboli

But now he understood why someone would write things like 'she walked in beauty like the night' and so forth. Because poetry was a barrier against raw emotions. It distilled them into bearable music, allowed one to accommodate them a little at a time. — Julie Anne Long

who began with the same general level came out — David Hay

You long to jump off, but you just can't work up the nerve, so you tell yourself you're content to look at the view. — Laura Lee Guhrke

I like having plans. I like keeping them. Even if said plan is to spend an uninterrupted hour watching Friday Night Lights. If I pass the day excited about solo time on the couch with a glass of wine, pad thai, and Tim Riggins, it's hard to shift gears and muster up enthusiasm for an invitation when it comes my way. — Rachel Bertsche