Taupes Quotes & Sayings

Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will transform every reader into a super snooper. — Richard Wiseman

When men give up saying what is charming," Oscar answered, "they give up thinking what is charming. I hope I'll never do that. — Gyles Brandreth

Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind. — Tryon Edwards

The things that have made America great are being subverted for the things that make Americans rich. — Louise Erickson

I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires. — Natsuki Takaya

history takes a long time to happen. — Gregory Maguire

Simplicity of manner is the last attainment. Men are very long afraid of being natural, from the dread of being taken for ordinary. — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

To be involved with movies that become kind of cult classics ... I've been very fortunate. 'The Warriors' is certainly a cult classic, and 'Xanadu' is, to a certain degree, a cult classic as well. — Michael Beck

I think all of us ordinary mortals tend to mythologize people as good-looking as you. — Anne Rice

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. — Fred Hoyle

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward
— Baltasar Gracian

I actually started in the opposite place. I come from a technical background - I'm a mathematician and a programmer by trade - and I was one of those people who would watch a show and say, "Oh, that could never happen." — Michael Loceff

This longing for the perfect expression of his self is more deeply inherent in man than his hunger and thirst for bodily sustenance, his lust for wealth and distinction. — Rabindranath Tagore

Two Americans have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics. They are the first to figure out all the charges on their telephone bill. — Jay Leno

Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. — Douglas Coupland