Rip Grandad Quotes & Sayings

Don't ever let the other stuff get in the way of your inherent skills as a kick-butt storyteller. Move the reader, make them happy and sad and excited and scared. Make them stare into space after they've put the book down, thinking about the tale that's become a part of them. — James Dashner

The world is progressing and resources are becoming more abundant. I'd rather go into a grocery store today than a king's banquet a hundred years ago. — Bill Gates

Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car. — Laurence J. Peter

What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we! — Pietro Aretino

When you love yourself you will never need closure from any man. That doesn't mean you didn't love him, it simply means you love yourself enough to realize God has a better plan for you that doesn't involve one more conversation that will remind you of that person's lack of respect for you. — Shannon L. Alder

A secret spoken finds wings. — Robert Jordan

What we do comes out of who we believe we are. — Rob Bell

Do you know how rare it is in parts of America to actually see 'an outfit'? France? I don't want to be anti-French, but there isn't a more unattractive group of people on the streets. — Tom Ford

Make a better mousetrap and the world will know it; it can measure and applaud your skill. Make a better man and the world will say he did it himself. — Denham Sutcliffe

The old 7 Series, the E38, was an elegant car, an evolution of the classic BMW look. But it wasn't penetrating the luxury market as we desired. It just didn't have the presence to be noticed. — Chris Bangle

My wife is a size zero and eats more than I do, and I'm a 6'4, 225 lb. man! — Nigel Barker

I like to walk around Manhattan, catching glimpses of its wild life, the pigeons and cats and girls. — Rex Stout

The New York Times is reporting that back in the '60s, presidential candidate Howard Dean used a letter from a doctor about a back condition to keep himself out of the draft in Vietnam and then spent 10 months skiing. Well it sounds like he's done the impossible. He actually made Bill Clinton and George Bush look like war heroes. — Jay Leno

What art ought to do is tell stories which are moment-by-moment wonderful, which are true to human experience, and which in no way explain human experience. — John Gardner