Temidden Van Quotes & Sayings

Solitude is impractical, and society fatal. We must keep our head in the one and our hands in the other. The conditions are met, if we keep our independence, yet do not lose our sympathy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen. — Mario Andretti

Blast your soul, you hussy!" he exclaimed in exasperation. — Robert E. Howard

I love pizza, meaning: Even when I'm in the middle of eating pizza, I wish I were eating pizza. — Jandy Nelson

So, economics should emulate physics' basic ethos, but its search for precision in physics-like formulas is almost always wrong in economics. — Charlie Munger

'FlashForward' was a really fun show to make. Not to mention, I only worked, like, one day a week, and it paid the same as 'Happy Endings.' I got to make out with beautiful women on that show as well. — Zachary Knighton

Ridge: Our other roommate has an issue with alcohol, so we have to hide it from him.

Me: Is his issue that he hates it?

Ridge: His issue is that he doesn't like to pay for it himself and he drinks everyone else's. — Colleen Hoover

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced courtesy for the elderly writer who wants to display the trophies of his youth, along with his trout flies. — John Cheever

With regard to navigating relationship's highways and bi-ways - avoid changing lanes without first giving a signal. — T.F. Hodge

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment. — Ulysses S. Grant

Citizens are starting not to excuse political candidates who have web sites that do nothing but throw virtual confetti. — David Weinberger

I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page. — E.L. Doctorow