Pungently Def Quotes & Sayings

In Fleet Street, in Fleet Street, the People are so fleetThey barely touch the cobble-stones with their nimble feet! — Eleanor Farjeon

We are all priests before God, there is no such distinction as 'secular or sacred.' In fact, the opposite of sacred is not secular; the opposite of sacred is profane. In short, no follower of Christ does secular work. We all have a sacred calling. — Ravi Zacharias

Whoever was responsible for his death would pay and the devil in him would demand double the interest. (Nathan) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. — Allen Klein

Through everything I have passed but nowhere I have been. — Dejan Stojanovic

So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach — Jimmy Buffett

From The Gambler:
You've got to know when to hold them, Know when to fold them, Know when to walk away, Know when to run, But you should never count your money,
Until the dealings done.

reworked...

You've got to know what you told them, Know when to be bold with them, Know when to have your say, Know when to have fun, But you should always count your blessings, Especially when any day you might be done. — Tony Marino

Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister or violent by the ancients: The Greeks identified it with Ares, the god of war; the Babylonians named it after Nergal, god of the underworld. To the ancient Chinese, it was Ying-huo, the fire planet. — John Updike

I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist. — Cees Nooteboom

Having been born and raised in Washington, D.C., you kind of absorb politics when you grow up. And it continues to be a focus of mine, probably more than what is healthy for me. — Jeffrey Wright

About her husband, i did actually enquire, but she held her private life so fucking tightly, like a tourist clutching a handbag on the A train,.. — Peter Carey

We are born with two incurable diseases, life, from which we die, and hope, which says maybe death isn't the end. — Andrew M. Greeley

When I was an undergraduate I had very badly annotated editions of Shakespeare's sonnets, all of which left out the important fact that will has a sexual sense in Shakespeare's sonnets. — Thom Gunn

Authority leads through position. Influence builds others out of relationship. — Johnny Hunt

America's forefathers had a vision of a spiritually enlightened utopia, in which freedom of thought, education of the masses, and scientific advancement would replace the darkness of outdated religious superstition. — Dan Brown