Smartened Up Crossword Quotes & Sayings

Stories are a different kind of true. — Emma Donoghue

So this is the way it unfolds. In the absence of what people like my grandfather could count on - a vast extended family constantly on hand to let him make his own choices - our elderly are left with a controlled and supervised institutional existence, a medically designed answer to unfixable problems, a life designed to be safe but empty of anything they care about. — Atul Gawande

Eliza Jane, I pressed a kiss to her palm. I want you to be mine forever. Will you marry me? — Kendall Ryan

Though I played classical piano since age 5 and sang in a cappella groups, being an artist didn't seem like something I was talented enough to do full time. So I kind of buried that dream. — Rachel Platten

Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and off at 59th, where, I assume it was going to Bloomingdales to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake - as almost all hats are. — Miklos Laszlo

You want the freedom to sleep around. I'm not willing to give you that. I want more. Sounds like we have a fundamental difference of opinion here, and I'm not going to try and change you. But I'll tell you one thing, Ruger- I deserve to be with someone who gives a shit about me, as a person. Someone who values me enough not to fuck other women. I'd rather be alone the rest of my life than settle for what you're offering. Consider yourself a hell of a booty call, but that's it. We clear? — Joanna Wylde

I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home. — Arthur Godfrey

The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures. — Faran Tahir

It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level. — Sandra Bullock

Believe me, nothing is more beautiful than to carry out crazy ideas. I'd like my whole life to be one single crazy idea. — Milan Kundera

Published papers may omit important steps and the memory of men of science, even the greatest, is sadly fallible. — John Desmond Bernal

When I'm depressed I'll lie to myself to make me feel better. But really, it's ok, because depression only sometimes gets the best of me. — Dave Guerrero

The Drama Years is filled with heart-stirring stories, just-been-there advice from recent teens and practical, actionable tips for parents. It's full of real girls talking about everything from stress and body image to love and materialism. Reading this book, I cringed in recognition of my own drama years, just wishing this book had been around back then and so grateful I'll have it as a guide for my own daughter. — Melissa Walker

I have wondered,' said the Marquis, taking a great bite out of a slice of bread and jam, 'whether it wouldn't be better for me to do it with a knife. Most of the best things have been brought off with a knife. And it would be a new emotion to get a knife into a French President and wriggle it around. — G.K. Chesterton