Prvilege Quotes & Sayings

I hate to feel squeamish almost as much as I hate to sit and think, both being sure-fire ways of getting into trouble. The only safe thing I know is to follow opportunity and leave the man behind to do the worrying. More people die lingering, ghastly deaths in arm-chairs and in bed than anywhere. — Talbot Mundy

Time became more important the closer to death one was, so an extra few hours to make peace with the world were worth more than years. — Anthony Marra

He didn't seem at all upset at being almost knocked to the ground. — J.K. Rowling

It's a great pleasure having survived six generations of TV critics. — Geraldo Rivera

It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never totally metaphysical; it is never a 'destiny' but always a fact with some kind of historical reference. To put an object on a base means to monumentalize it, to make everyone aware it exists. — Ettore Sottsass

His struggle to mold me in his image had been successful after all. The old walrus in fact managed to instill in me a great and burning ambition; it had simply found expression in an unintended pursuit. He never understood that the Devils Thumb was the same as medical school, only different. — Jon Krakauer

If one keeps one's eyes open, it is possible to see things in many different ways. — Cathy Hapka

Obtruded on us by the Scottish historians. [* Chron. Sax. p. 19.] [** W. Malms, p. 19.] — David Hume

They expected her to kill. It's what they'd trained her for. Her team was the deadliest - capable of wiping out entire cities, just the four of them. The — Simon Curtis

We're two topless women in a three-by-four space. I don't think it gets more uncomfortable that that.. — Ashley Lynn Willis

It wasn't always easy at times, having grown up on television and being in the entertainment industry. — Candace Cameron Bure

I'd always been a big reader. I credit my mom for giving me my love of reading. — Nicole Jordan

I was caught by him. I was absolutely, unintentionally ensnared. Held by the look in his cocoa brown eyes when he spoke, commanding me. I shivered at his words as if they were touches sliding down my spine. — Paloma Beck

Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having. — William Penn

Persistence is important in every endeavor. Whether it's finishing your homework, completing school, working late to finish a project, or "finishing the drill" in sports, winners persist to the point of sacrifice in order to achieve their goals. — Lee Ellis