Synthetically Def Quotes & Sayings

If it is an impossibility, it is the thing we have to ask. If it is not an impossible thing, it is not a real disturbance. God will do the absolutely impossible. — Oswald Chambers

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified. — Havelock Ellis

Silence is an answer to a wise man. — Plutarch

And when anybody is interested in himself quite simply and directly the way Willie is interested in Willie you call it genius. It's — Robert Penn Warren

I just want to make a tray of good tofu. If people want something else, they should go to the restaurants and shops. — Yasujiro Ozu

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently. — William Arthur Ward

I find it very heartening that of the women I have questioned lately about their feelings towards their mother, all the ones whose faces light up and who say, 'She's wonderful' have been daughters of women who work outside the home. — Mary Stott

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and a common hatred of its neighbors. — William Ralph Inge

You want to go into scenes thinking not that you're the good guy or the bad guy, but that you've got a job to do. And I'm not talking about as an actor; I'm talking about as the character. — Andrew J. West

Every year, I do a New Year's day party at my home. I invite my staff and my friends and their kids. Around 40-50 people come by, and I do a barbecue and salads, steak and sushi, and also lots of cheese. — Nobu Matsuhisa

Usually I'm very, very involved with choosing my character's wardrobe and knowing exactly how I want the character to look and this is the color palette and the textures and these are the kinds of shoes she'd wear. — Kathleen Robertson

Our most serious problem, perhaps, is that we have become a nation of fantasists. We believe, apparently, in the infinite availability of finite resources. — Wendell Berry

I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch 'Saturday Night Live.' — Rashida Jones

The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything. — Terry Goodkind