Retold Vintage Quotes & Sayings

Of all the seven deadly sins, only Envy is no fun at all. — Joseph Epstein

All Italians are plunderers. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle? — Alan Shepard

away, forcing myself to run faster. "Gemma, there's no use running." The man's voice rumbled through — Jessica Sorensen

Parenting a pre-teen is quite something. — Melissa Rivers

Lord, show me how to gird up the core of my being with Your truth so that I don't fall into deception of any kind. Teach me to not only know Your truth, but to live in — Stormie O'martian

I know some lonely houses off the road
A robber'd like the look of,
Wooden barred,
And windows hanging low — Emily Dickinson

The record industry is still pissed off that other people are making money off their business, even if it promotes their products and increases their sales. I think they're still mad about radio. — Jonathan Potter

Originality is ... a by-product of sincerity. — Marianne Moore

It does not matter that we cannot fathom this mystery. The only real problem comes when we think that we have. — Madeleine L'Engle

One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be. — Alan Furst

They may well have had a backup system, but if it crashed at the same time as their main system, then that's all she wrote,' Riker said. 'Excuse mee, sir' said Data. 'That's all who wrote?' 'It's merely an expression, Mr. Data,' said Picard. 'It means that was the end of it. There was nothing they could do.' 'That's all she wrote' repeated Data. He nodded. 'Yes, I see. She, in this case, doubtless referring to the human conceptualization of Fate, writing a final chapter, as it were, and putting a period to the-' 'Please, Mr. Data,' Picard said impatiently. — Simon Hawke