Roman General Maximus Quotes & Sayings

When you go to that other country you realize that in France and in England, you don't ask somebody what they do for a living when you meet someone. A lot of the obvious things, the shortcuts we take in America - in America you can talk about money all you want. You can ask how much they make, rent they pay, how much their house costs and how much their car costs, and they'll feel comfortable telling you. But it's scandalous to ask anyone in England or France a question like that. — David Sedaris

The Law of Conservation of Apostrophes. A heresy since the 13th century, this law states that a balance exists in nature: "For every apostrophe omitted from an it's, there is an extra one put into an its." Thus the number of apostrophes in circulation remains constant, even if this means we have double the reason to go and bang our heads against a wall. — Lynne Truss

He was the kind of man who walks into a room and all the walls fall down. — Jandy Nelson

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win. — John Cage

We know that laws ought to be obeyed only if they come out of people's sense of justice, not because the state needs them to preserve its power. Laws devised for the depravity of power are as worthless as the paper they are printed on. — Aleksandar Hemon

I was a bio major, and I was going to take over my aunt's dental practice and be a dentist. — Michael Steger

When I was 15, they changed the playground rules because I was dominating everything and blocking everything that came my way. — Moses Malone