Rusty Staub Quotes & Sayings

My brother Billy was the joke teller. My brother Jim had a really sharp, cutting wit. And the teller of long stories, that was my brother Ed. As a child, I just absorbed everything they said, and I was always in competition for the laughs. — Stephen Colbert

And Belle? She was an odd girl who liked to read. — Elizabeth Rudnick

One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions. — Arthur Koestler

Fate. You could never anticipate it. — Nora Roberts

For me, it's always more difficult and slightly exposing to play something that's close to yourself. I always like to try to hide, just because I can't stand the way I look. — Johnny Depp

We think we know what we want, don't we? We always believe we know better than God. We have our entire journey plotted out. We may have even packed our bags and purchased a ticket, but God always has His own plans. And His plans are infinite in wisdom." Sophie smiled on the last words and took a sip of tea. "He was here, you know. — Kristy Cambron

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill. — Jessica Cutler

Throughout the ages, Christians have adapted John of Patmos's visions to changing times, reading their own social, political and religious conflicts into the cosmic war he so powerfully evokes. Yet his Book of Revelation appeals not only to fear and desires for vengeance but also to hope. — Elaine Pagels

When you think a girl looks pretty, say it. But don't reference the thing that might reveal you are aware of the backstage process: e.g., say, "You look gorgeous tonight," not "I like how you did your makeup tonight." Also, a compliment means less if you compliment the thing and not the way the girl is carrying it off. So say, "You look so sexy in those boots," rather than "Those boots are really cool." I didn't make the boots! I don't care if you like the boots' design! We are magic to you: you have no idea how we got to look as good as we do. — Mindy Kaling

I was very much a tomboy. I just couldn't do the pink ballet tutus. — Ashley Wagner

I would rather live a life with a hundred failed dreams created on my own terms, than one successful reality, created on the terms of another. — Thurman P. Banks Jr.

You can be a star here in Europe and not be known at all in the United States. — Rokia Traore

But once in a while I see a child crying with the deepest of desperation, and I think it is one of the truest sounds a child can make. — Elizabeth Strout

All our lives, we rework the things from our childhood, like feeling good about ourselves, managing our angry feelings, being able to say good-bye to people we love. — Fred Rogers

Men prosper or fail, survive or perish in proportion to the degree of their rationality. — Ayn Rand