Pugnacious Figurines Quotes & Sayings

Like a person in a storm desperately grasping at a lamppost, he clung to his daily routine. — Haruki Murakami

Opportunity only gives you knockers once. — Pamela Anderson

At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested that Lune might come to love someone else eventually. Which was me pushing back against the narrative trope that people only get one True Love in their entire lives - an idea I think is kind of pernicious - but in retrospect, I wish I hadn't done it there. — Marie Brennan

In some ways, you can think of end-to-end encryption as honoring what the past looked like. — Jan Koum

Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? And that's your worse fear. — Tom Schulman

Don't go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind. — Joel Osteen

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed. — Peter O'Toole

In America now there is this phenomenon called helicopter parenting, where you're hovering over your child for the whole time. Parents there view their job as being to make sure their kid never has a moment of unhappiness. Of course, as a parent myself, I can understand the urge, but I don't know whether it would be healthy or possible. — Daniel Handler

I paint my pictures with all the considerations which are natural to my intelligence, and according as my intelligence understands them. — Paolo Veronese

Whether you are trying to finish a race or a book or that hard conversation you've been avoiding, the training leading up to that event is what makes it possible to face the fear & walk forward anyway. Quit complaining about discipline & start seeing it as a powerful tool for courageous living. — Annie F. Downs

Oh, what a dark and dreary tune is the beating of my heart. — Ray Else

In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go. — Julia Gillard

Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof. — Stephen Leacock