Presage Def Quotes & Sayings

I have to confess here that I am a useless cook. — Jasper Carrott

And there is London!
England's heart and soul. By the proud flowing of her famous Thames, She circulates through countless lands and isles Her greatness; gloriously she rules, At once the awe and sceptre of the world. — Robert Montgomery

A technical failure that shows some attempt at aesthetic expression is of infinitely more value than uninspired success. — Cecil Beaton

Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I don't plan. I don't think, 'I have to do this kind of part 'cause I've done that kind of part.' I'm not a very good planner. — Rupert Graves

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. — Henry Ward Beecher

All these stupendous objects are daily around us; but because they are constantly exposed to our view, they never affect our minds, so natural is it for us to admire new, rather than grand objects. Therefore the vast multitude of stars which diversify the beauty of this immense body does not call the people together; but when any change happens therein, the eyes of all are fixed upon the heavens. — Saint Basil

This is the lie that is at the heart of our society, the lie that encourages every form of destructive self-indulgence to flourish: for while we ascribe our conduct to pressures from without, we obey the whims that well up from within, thereby awarding ourselves carte blanche to behave as we choose. Thus we feel good about behaving badly. — Theodore Dalrymple

Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, or a Hindu, religion is a great force, and it can help one have command of one's own morality, one's own behavior, and one's own attitude. — Nelson Mandela

What was he thinking? The Internet did not predict the future; only the pink Kindle did that. — Stephen King

It's an exciting time, when you can make your movie on a cellphone. If it's good, it WILL get noticed. — Nina Jacobson

Outside the moon had come out. It was full, a disk of bright silver. I saw a large, dramatic spider web on my back porch that must have been made while I was in the house with my mind in turmoil; the spider was just finishing the outer circle of it. The moon illuminated the strands of the big taut web so that it seemed to be made of pure light. It was dazzling, geometric and mysterious, and it calmed me just to stop and look at it, at the elaboration and power of life that could make such a design. — Walter Tevis

I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me. — Aaron Paul

And I've known people who came out with a sense of torture. — George Weinberg

College is a place where a professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either. — Mark Twain