Purchasable Houses Quotes & Sayings

News seems to travel far more quickly on Twitter and Facebook than through search. — Marvin Ammori

A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There was so much going on. I remember a very interesting dinner in the studio of [Robert] Rauschenberg. He had convinced Sidney Janis, Leo Castelli, and a third big gallery man to serve us, the artists, at the table. So they were dressed up as waiters, we were sitting at the table, and they were only allowed to sit down at the end of the table for the cognac. This is not possible now. — Erro

I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time ... I'll give it right back to you, one of these days — Jimi Hendrix

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.
[Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803] — James Madison

Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? — Patrick Henry

One of the things that Ivar knew about Mrs. Walker was that she would only tell him what she knew if he asked the right question, so he spent a portion of his time meditating over what he might ask Mrs. Walker and how he might phrase the question. — Jane Smiley

I think your mouth is its own Greek god. Tongueseus. — Christina Lauren

His mouth is full of ecology, his mind is full of fumes. — Wallace Stegner

'Triumph over tragedy' - how pathetic! I think people are generally freaked out that I'm multifaceted. You don't hear people saying, 'Gwyneth Paltrow won an Oscar - and she's blonde!' — Aimee Mullins

The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work. — Michael Hayden

The hardest single thing you do is get the bloody screenplay right. — Ridley Scott

I have never been able to resist a book about books. — Anne Fadiman

The good writers touch life often. — Ray Bradbury