Provis Rian Quotes & Sayings

I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. — Billie Joe Armstrong

Every evening the girls of the house gathered about me on the mats, and after chasing away Kory-Kory from my side - who nevertheless, retired only to a little distance and watched their proceedings with the most jealous attention - would anoint my whole body with a fragrant oil, squeezed from a yellow root, previously pounded between a couple of stones, and which in their language is denominated 'aka'. And most refreshing and agreeable are the juices of the 'aka', when applied to ones, limbs by the soft palms of sweet nymphs, whose bright eyes are beaming upon you with kindness; and I used to hail with delight the daily recurrence of this luxurious operation, in which I forgot all my troubles, and buried for the time every feeling of sorrow. Sometimes — Herman Melville

I don't much care where I am anymore, nor expect very much from places. — F Scott Fitzgerald

In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it. — Toni Morrison

We're all complicit in the things we may be trying to oppose. I'm complicit in the things that I'm trying to oppose. — Wendell Berry

I like helping people. — Lori Greiner

I am Detective Inspector Me. This is my partner, Detective Her."
The traffic warden frowned. "Her?"
"Me," said Stephanie.
"Him?"
"Not me," said Skulduggery. "Her."
"Me," said Stephanie.
"You?" said the traffic warden.
"Yes," said Stephanie.
"I'm sorry, who are you?"
Stephanie looked at him. "I'm Her, he's Me. Got it? — Derek Landy

To look for a meaning in anything is less the act of a naif than of a masochist. — Emil Cioran

If he drinks one hundred dollars a day--and he can--he's got one hundred days to drink. It's just an arithmetic operation, simple logic. — John O'Brien

From that day on he learned to accept the
dungeon he existed in, neither seeking to escape with sudden derring-do nor beating his pate
bloody on its walls.
And, thus resigned, he returned to work. — Richard Matheson

It is a great mistake for presidents and other leading executives of organizations having branches throughout the country to chain themselves to their desks at headquarters and send out rigid instructions to those in charge of distant branches and offices. Because a man sits in a palatial office in New York or Chicago or Philadelphia or Detroit and draws a big salary, it does not necessarily follow that he knows better than the man on the spot what ought to be done ... Paul, Caesar, Napoleon did not merely sit at home and issue long-range instructions. — B.C. Forbes

Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion. — Franz Grillparzer

It is exactly when others insist that it's a sign of being free, fresh, and radical to do what everybody's doing that you might want to take notice and think for yourself. Don't be surprised if this is really hard to do. — Jaron Lanier

Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart! — Robert Gottlieb