Russe Quotes & Sayings

I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching. — Mike Birbiglia

Danse Russe If I when my wife is sleeping and the baby and Kathleen are sleeping and the sun is a flame-white disc in silken mists above shining trees,
if I in my north room dance naked, grotesquely before my mirror waving my shirt round my head and singing softly to myself: "I am lonely, lonely. I was born to be lonely, I am best so!" If I admire my arms, my face, my shoulders, flanks, buttocks against the yellow drawn shades,
Who shall say I am not the happy genius of my household? — William Carlos Williams

I think you need something to take care of in order to figure out who you are as a person, and in that way, being a dad has levelled me out more than anything. You've just got to be good for that person no matter what's going on in your head that day. — Pete Wentz

Life and love would go on. Even though it would happen without me, the idea brought me joy. — Stephenie Meyer

If you interrupt her one more time, I assure you that the Queen of Hearts will have a willing volunteer for beheading. Do I make myself clear?"
-a' la russe — Julienne Russell

I have now come to know that what one believes often becomes permanent, and what become permanent can be indestructible. — Chigozie Obioma

A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up. — Aristotle.

Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it! — Diana Vreeland

With approximately 75 per cent of our rubbish generated by packaging, a few simple steps - buying loose fruit and veg, choosing products with recyclable packaging, and avoiding individually wrapped portions - can have a big impact. — Sheherazade Goldsmith

I was late once and it cost me $50,000. I figure it was cheaper to wear two watches. — Chris Gardner

Every great leader has incredible odds to overcome. — Wayde Goodall

But he refused to answer when addressed in English and forbade the speaking of English in his home. His daughters understood very little German. (Their mother insisted that the girls speak only English in the home. She reasoned that the less they understood German, the less they would find out about the cruelty of their father.) Consequently, the four daughters grew up having little communion with their father. He never spoke to them except to curse them. His Gott verdammte came to be regarded as hello and good-bye. When very angry, he'd call the object of his temper, Du Russe! This he considered his most obscene expletive. He hated Austria. He hated America. Most of all he hated Russia. He had never been to that country and had never laid eyes on a Russian. No one understood his hatred of that dimly known country and its vaguely known people. This was the man who was Francie's maternal grandfather. She hated him the way his daughters hated him. * — Betty Smith

[ ... ] at least my face moves when you look at it. At least I know I'm a fool. — Emma Forrest

I like patterns in words. I'm not really interested in meaning. — Roddy Woomble