Proverbially Quotes & Sayings

Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company. — Arthur Eddington

If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in the universe. Not because we lacked the brain power to protect ourselves but because we lacked the foresight. The dominant species that replaces us in post-apocalyptic Earth just might wonder, as they gaze upon our mounted skeletons in their natural history museums, why large-headed Homo sapiens fared no better than the proverbially pea-brained dinosaurs. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I like prefaces. I read them. Sometimes I do not read any further. — Malcolm Lowry

The quickest way to a man's heart,' said the instructor, 'is proverbially through his stomach. But if you want to get into his brain, I recommend the eye-socket. — K.J. Parker

Fortune is proverbially called changeful, yet her caprice often takes the form of repeating again and again a similar stroke of luck in the same quarter. — Charlotte Bronte

I start with fear. It comes in so many forms. When I write, some of the fear goes away. So I write into the fear, and even more dissipates. I want to be scared while writing. I want to bring it to the surface so I can banish it. — Mat Johnson

Republics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful. — Epes Sargent

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road. — Alexander Smith

We easily forget our faults when no one knows them but ourselves. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I was a bit of a rebel. — Vidal Sassoon

The thumbs have been pricked, at least proverbially. — Chloe Neill

The sons of rich men are proverbially wild. — Agatha Christie

It's a strange thing, feeling like you can't breathe without another person. Physically, I know I'm breathing and my heart is beating when she's not around, but in my soul, it feels a movie that's been paused, waiting for someone to come back into the room. When I'm away from her, I feel like my life is on hold and she's the only one who can restart it. — Tara Sivec

Throughout the records of the Gospels, I saw how Jesus didn't treat women any differently than men, and I liked that. — Sarah Bessey

From Washington, proverbially "the city of distances," through all its cities, states, and territories, it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

For he had plenty of money and nothing to do, and Satan is proverbially fond of providing employment for full and idle hands. The poor fellow had temptations enough from without and from within, but he withstood them pretty well, for much as he valued liberty, he valued good faith and confidence more, — Louisa May Alcott

The memory of the financial community is proverbially and distressingly short. — Benjamin Graham

As widowers proverbially marry again, so a man with the habit of friendship always finds new friends. — George Santayana

With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved. — William James

My friends keep telling me I'm doing it with Mary Palmer. That's not true - I'm too busy masturbating to meet anyone new. — Roddy Piper

It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out. — Francois Rabelais

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Women are proverbially credulous. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

There is proverbially a mystery among most men of new wealth, how they made their first ten thousand; it is the qualities they showed then, before they became bullies, when every man was someone to be placated, when only hope sustained them and they could count on nothing from the world but what could be charmed from it, that make them, if they survive their triumph, successful with women. — Evelyn Waugh