Showier Quotes & Sayings

I made a sorry face in response to such strong insistence, but I couldn't believe him. Fantasies were exactly that.. ... ..fantasies. Whimsy. Wishes. Mere castles in the sky without foundation or substance. Dreams didn't come true. To believe so would be to believe falsely, to surrender to madness, to give in to an unreliable hope that would crush me once again as it always, always did! — Richelle E. Goodrich

Attraction is instinct, but action is a choice. — Erica Cameron

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds. — Victor Hugo

A City that parlies is half gotten.
[A city that parleys is half gotten.] — George Herbert

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. — Norman Borlaug

I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees! — George Washington

To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality. — David Shields

Earthly things must be known to be loved; heavenly things must be loved to be known. — Blaise Pascal

I had dinner with my father last night, and made a classic Freudian slip. I meant to say, "Please pass the salt," but it came out, "You prick, you ruined my childhood. — Jonathan Ned Katz

You look pale, Sansa," Cersei observed. "Is your red flower still blooming?"
"Yes"
"How apt. The men will bleed out there, and you in here. — George R R Martin

Capitalism works better than it sounds, while socialism sounds better than it works. — Richard M. Nixon

There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and wisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber. — J.R.R. Tolkien

It's all bullshit on Everest these days. — Edmund Hillary

I've danced my whole life. Martial arts is just fun for me, it's all choreographed a bit like dance. I have done Muay Thai and Wushu, which is cool because it's very fluid dance. I also do Tricking. It's kind of like Taekwondo with the big kicks and flips and showier aspects of martial arts. — Caity Lotz

It's complicated coming from a culture where to be a mother is more important than to have a career. — Monica Bellucci

If they let me choose between you and the dog, I'll choose the dog. — Johnny Depp