Remmerts Quotes & Sayings

Unless man has the wit and the grit to build his civilization on something better than material power, it is surely idle to talk of plans for a stable peace. — Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.

Satan turned Eve's eye to the apple, Achan's eye to the wedge of gold, Ahab's eye to Naboth's vineyard, and then what work did he make with them! — Joseph Alleine

There's no place on earth with more of the old superstitions and magic mixed into its daily life than the Scottish Highlands. — Diana Gabaldon

The skill of a good actor is to make it always seem like you're in that fantastically spontaneous moment. Very often, a stand-up comedian has a different instinct, which is to reinvent. Once you've laid down some material, and made them laugh, you move on and find some new material. — Colin Firth

Be respectful of words. They mean something. — Katherine Anne Porter

She would have pondered over the meaninglessness of silent, austere beauty renewing itself with every sunrise and going ungazed at by half the world. — Harper Lee

When I was a kid I got no respect. I played hide-and-seek. They wouldn't even look for me. — Rodney Dangerfield

If I had simply wanted to trade on an insult to Islam, I could have done it in a sentence rather than writing a 250,000-word novel, a work of fiction. — Salman Rushdie

I think as women, you know, if you are considered a pioneer in these things, you can get really distracted by these other things - you know, people's demands of you reflecting on your otherness. And for this white critic to say, "I don't understand why she doesn't do that" - and you're like, "It's because I'm running a show on a major network and I want the show to continue" - and to sort of guilt me. — Mindy Kaling

Obesity is caused by the kind of calories we consume and not the quantity, and so if we avoid carbohydrates our bodies function correctly and shed any excess weight. — Gary Taubes

Now that we're all together, nothing can stop us! — Shiro Amano

For me, the biggest thing is someone who's kind. I'm not into the bad-boy thing. — Carrie-Anne Moss

Remember that greed includes greed for being not greedy. — Idries Shah