Rumpled Crossword Quotes & Sayings

Denial is a strong if imperfect defense. — Tom Brokaw

She was daft. That's what she was. Completely mental. There was no other explanation for why she was lurking in the back of Butler's Undertaker Lounge and Pub while her siblings were about to go in the front so they could distract him. — Carlene O'Connor

no matter how many girls he dated, no matter how many he shared himself with, his feelings for 'her' didn't change — Debra Webb

The role played by man in production always consists solely in combining his personal forces with the forces of Nature in such a way that the cooperation leads to some particular desired arrangement of material. No human act of production amounts to more than altering the position of things in space and leaving the rest to Nature. — Ludwig Von Mises

Now, that's where you're wrong. You're looking for something you don't see, what you wish you could see, instead of focusing on what you can see. — M. Clarke

The wealth that was created by my investments wasn't put into a giant swimming pool as so many elected demagogues seem to imagine. Instead it benefitted our employees, their families and our community at large. — Kenneth Langone

I can sing; I can hold a tune. — Brandon Adams

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short. — Francesco Guicciardini

How dare he? After what we did last night, how the hell dare he?
If he was my soulmate, my soul needed to develop better taste. — Hilary Duff

I do not see any beauty in self-restraint. — Mary MacLane

In the dark, with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering, the library is a closed space, a universe of self-serving rules that pretend to replace or translate those of the shapeless universe beyond. — Alberto Manguel

Any man who, having planted a vineyard, has not yet reaped the benefits should do so at once, so that he does not die in the struggle and leave it for another to enjoy. — Paulo Coelho

Anger is the most effective inspiration. — Amit Kalantri

Why do you think Beauty picked the Beast? It was the library. — Chelsea M. Cameron

Your sense of paralysis will be intensified if your family and friends are in the habit of pushing and cajoling you. Their nagging should statements reinforce the insulting thoughts already echoing through your head. Why is their pushy approach doomed to failure? It's a basic law of physics that for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. Any time you feel shoved, whether by someone's hand actually on your chest or by someone trying to boss you around, you will naturally tighten up and resist so as to maintain your equilibrium and balance. You will attempt to exert your self-control and preserve your dignity by refusing to do the thing that you are being pushed to do. The paradox is that you often end up hurting yourself. — David D. Burns