Temporising Quotes & Sayings

I think good actors are born with a kind of native gift. When you study too much with an acting teacher, that gets taken away. You lose your sense of spontaneity. — Titus Welliver

Yo momma so ugly she makes onions cry. — Various

It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change - as well as some ecosystems, which nobody wants to see disappear. — Bill Gates

There was a rhythm, an
alternation in the dripping that I found as teasing as a coin
trick. — Vladimir Nabokov

The key to happiness is to get the spirit and keep it. — Marion G. Romney

Well. I must say the guidebook didn't warn adequately about the occurrence of rocket fire amid the peaceful Hampshire scenery." She reached down and whacked at the dust and bits of leaf that clung to her skirts. "I'm sure you don't know the Hathaways well enough to shoot at us. Yet. When we become better acquainted, however, I have no doubt you'll find ample reason to bring out the artillery."
Over her head, she heard Rohan laugh. "Considering our issues with aim and accuracy, you have nothing to fear, Miss Hathaway. — Lisa Kleypas

A Michigan man is going to coach Michigan. — Bo Schembechler

When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporising ground. — Sun Tzu

Like you had been drowning, and the book was air. — Emery Lord

One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death. — Carlos Fuentes

Well the thing is that the New York of 1846 to 1862 was very different from downtown New York now. Really nothing from that period still exists in New York. — Martin Scorsese

Just your being here justifies that what I feel for you is strong enough to endure anything. — Faith Sullivan

When our forbears - yours and mine - came to America, they came because this country promised them something. It promised them an opportunity, nourished by education, not merely to grind for a bare living, but to strive for a good life. — Robert Kennedy

Plato is never sullen, Cervantes is never petulant, Demosthenes never comes unseasonably, Dante never stays too long. — Nathaniel Parker

What stars do in their off-hours is a never-ending source of diddling curiosity to the tabloid sensibility. — James Wolcott