Prete Quotes & Sayings

I've met a lot of really friendly people who are incredibly happy for me, which is really flattering and humbling. — Allison Tolman

Junk food nurtures the spirit. I think there's scientific research to prove it. — Suzanne Johnson

Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside. — George Bernard Shaw

I don't use sex to sell records, obviously, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel like I have to make an effort to look good when I go out onstage, to wear something pretty. — Vanessa Carlton

Since when do wizards wear robes?" I whispered. "That's falling into every human stereotype ever created." Jeezum. Next thing you knew, they'd be waving around magic wands.
"The First Elder thought they'd look more intimidating in robes than in business suits," Alex whispered back. "They look like they're on their way to a costume party at Hogwarts. — Suzanne Johnson

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave. — Kristin Scott Thomas

Whenever I donate a hunting trip for the Children's Leukemia Foundation, Ronald McDonald Cancer House, all these children's charities, I offer the anti-hunters an opportunity: if you donate more to the children's charity than the hunters donate we won't go hunting. — Ted Nugent

Without questions, there is no learning. — W. Edwards Deming

I would say Randolph's a horse's ass, but that would be unfair to the horse. — Suzanne Johnson

The fatal mistake we make is looking for a paradise that endures ... This obsession with what lasts causes us to overlook many a fleeting paradise. — Andrei Makine

I didn't dare put down the staff with Etienne popping in and out like a half-burned, bloodsucking whack-a-mole. — Suzanne Johnson

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold. — Herbert Spencer

Whatever evil might come upon us, because we all came about out of love and care and the Bible and Mother Goose. What can stand against that? — Richard Kennedy

I have great appreciation for people who do anything well. I think that it's very difficult to do what you do well. — David Fincher

I narrowed my eyes. Jean stayed awfully well informed about prete politics, and often told me things the Elders hadn't yet learned. I suspected this might be one of those things. "How do you know all this?"
He shrugged. "A wise man watches as if her were un aigle and listens as if here were un faucon."
Eagles and falcons. Both predators. Appropriate. — Suzanne Johnson

Alex leaned over and treated me to a Rhett Butler kiss, slow and deep but not too sweet. He once told Scarlett something to the effect of how badly she needed kissing, and by someone who knew what he was doing. Alex knew what he was doing. By the time he finished proving it, I was breathless. I rested my head on his shoulder, basking in his warmth and filling my lungs with his scent. "What was that for?"
"That was to show you how glad I am that we got out of that mess in one piece and that we're here together." He extracted his arm from around my shoulders and sat back. "Now let's talk about your crazy stunt."
Damn it, Rhett did that, too. He'd kiss Scarlett silly, then lecture her. — Suzanne Johnson

I dislike those people that see an opera and say "Oh, they can't act it. They just sing. It's boring." Lean back and just listen to the voices. — Peter Stormare

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage. — Laurence Housman

Soon, however, it wasn't a matter of ioco or practice. In that place where they threw out beasts and garbage a lot of human blood was shed. It seems that the game of throwing the prete was invented there, the stone — Elena Ferrante