Theguardian Quotes & Sayings

Provided that God be glorified, we must not care by whom. — Saint Francis De Sales

The leptons most familiar to the non-physicist are the electron and perhaps the neutrino; and the most familiar quarks are . . . well, there are no familiar quarks. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

For the arts epitomize, intensify and clarify the experience of beauty for us as nothing else can. — Lawren Harris

Your trade becomes very much impacted by the quality of your life experiences and your capacity to process them. — Natasha Lyonne

He looks up through blood smeared lips. — Harry Carpenter

The hangover became a part of the day as well allowed-for as the Spanish siesta. — F Scott Fitzgerald

There's only one thing you can do in bankruptcy: break your word, break your deals. It allows you to say to the small businesses, who have been catering lunches for you, 'Sorry, we're not paying you.' It allows you to go to the workers and say, 'Sorry, we're not paying you.' — Barney Frank

Make yer laughs where ye can, little one, because yer tears'll chase ye and catch ye where they will. — R.A. Salvatore

You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well. — James Iha

The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers. — Mahatma Gandhi

It's my blood I carry. My soul I carry. My body. None of it belongs you to you, I said, striking my hand out and watching her do the same. — Kia Carrington-Russell

A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way it's always going to be - musicians will have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet. — Chico Hamilton

Girls are trained to say, 'I wrote this, but it's probably really stupid.' Well, no, you wouldn't write a novel if you thought it was really stupid. Men are much more comfortable going, 'I wrote this book because I have a unique perspective that the world needs to hear.' Girls are taught from the age of seven that if you get a compliment, you don't go, 'Thank you', you go, 'No, you're insane. — Lena Dunham

Before judging a thin man, one must get some information. Perhaps he was once fat. — Fernand Point

For the keeping of secrets from adults is oft the only power a child may hope to possess. — Jacqueline Carey