Regence Quotes & Sayings

I never did like Cleveland. Don't know why. Didn't like the town. Now, the people are all right, but I just didn't like the town. — Stan Coveleski

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. — Evelyn Waugh

Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People will be like, "Hey Jim, how ya do-" "I read a book! Two hundred and fifty pages!" "That's great, what was it about?" "No idea! Took me three years!" — Jim Gaffigan

There is within me a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction ... — James Hurst

I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true. — Anne Enright

I don't think there should be anything that women are embarrassed to talk about in the 21st century, because for the last 100,000 years, men have said everything that's on their minds and described everything they have done. — Caitlin Moran

If your child dies, or you witness a terrible natural disaster, yes, you certainly want a scientific explanation as to what's happened. But science can't help you to find meaning, help you deal with that turbulence of your grief, rage, and dismay. — Karen Armstrong

If the weather is too cold or rainy, I take shelter in the Regence Cafe, where I entertain myself by watching chess being played. Paris is the world center, and this cafe is the Paris centre for the finest skill at this game. — Denis Diderot

As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have never heard of, chances are it's going to be so complicated that you have a hard time imagining how people can walk around speaking it without having a stroke. — John McWhorter

Unfortunately, I suffer from insomnia, so my bedtime is as soon as I start to feel the least bit sleepy. — Cheyenne Jackson

He was a man who discovered love through his penis. — Mohsin Hamid

But the scent of the good is blown against the wind:
A good man perfumes all directions. — Anonymous

The grandchildren of the kids who used to weep because the Little Match Girl froze to death now feel cheated if she isn't slugged, raped and thrown into a Bessemer converter. — Jenkin Lloyd Jones