Sacheverell Quotes & Sayings

All the questions asked about death are wrongly put. — Nanamoli Thera

You can only exceed your limits if you've discovered them. — Roel Van Sleeuwen

Your courtship method of arrogance self-loathing, and then telling me how beautiful other girls are is pretty unique," said Kami. "I like it. I don't know what that says about me. — Sarah Rees Brennan

If they were going to be like that, then I just wished they hadn't actually been German. It was too easy. Too obvious. It was like coming across an Irishman who actually was stupid, a mother-in-law who actually was fat, or an American businessman who actually did have a middle initial and smoked a cigar. You feel as if you are unwillingly performing in a music-hall sketch and wishing you could rewrite the script. If Helmut and Kurt had been Brazilian or Chinese or Latvian or anything else at all, they could then have behaved in exactly the same way and it would have been surprising and intriguing and, more to the point from my perspective, much easier to write about. Writers should not be in the business of propping up stereotypes. I wondered what to do about it, decided that they could simply be Latvians if I wanted, and then at last drifted off peacefully to worrying about my boots. — Douglas Adams

The house as I say ... smelled of brisket and bourbon, so you could hear that. I started imitating them. Phrases came out of that, "Can't you dig that?" "I knew that you would." We were at [Passover] Seders and they were confused with the bitter herbs, "Do we smoke these or do we do we dip them in salt water?" "We dip them in salt water, well that's gonna kill the vibrancy of the weed, you know." So that's what I was around. So I would imitate them. That's where it all started. — Billy Crystal

The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I refused to give up. Period. — Steve Almond

Trust me. A storm is brewing inside this cool cat now. She'll gradually break down and you'll see what's behind the clouds. — Mahbod Seraji

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children. — Phyllis Diller

My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent. — Kevin Eubanks

T has always been so much my desire to paint for those who don't know the artistic side of a painting. — Vincent Van Gogh