Thriftiest Quotes & Sayings

Expansion of character is connected to expansion of destiny. — James Tarantin

Many, many of my paintings have come from the first chapter of Moby Dick. — Robert Indiana

It's true that the French have a certain obsession with sex, but it's a particularly adult obsession. France is the thriftiest of all nations; to a Frenchman sex provides the most economical way to have fun. The French are a logical race. — Anita Loos

I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing. I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Until I carried my wife off to New Hampshire, she defined wilderness as the Bronx. — P. J. O'Rourke

The only hope lies in the fact that the American people - like people everywhere - are basically decent people with common sense. — Howard Zinn

If we fail to realize our full potential as human beings, we live more on an animalistic level. This is fine for dogs, cats, and chimpanzees but doesn't work quite so well for women and men. Without the capacity to freely shape our own lives, much as a sculptor might carve stone, we inevitably slip into negativity and depression. — H.E. Davey

Try asking for Nyx's help."
"Nyx would not hear me." Kalona spoke so quietly that Shaunee almost didn't hear him. "she has not heard me for eons."
"During those eons how many times did you ask for her help?"
"Not once," he said
"Then how do you know she's not listening to you? — P.C. Cast

If there is an amateur reader still left in the world - or anybody who just reads and runs - I ask him or her, with untellable affection and gratitude, to split the dedication of this book four ways with my wife and children. — J.D. Salinger

I always remember your own grandmother, she continued, nodding her head, old Mrs. Taylor. She died on a Christmas Night.
Oh, I said shivering. I wouldn't like to die on a Christmas Night.
A good night to die, she smiled; they say that the gates of heaven are open on Christmas Night. — Alice Taylor

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. — Harry S. Truman

Only the educated are free. — Epictetus

While President Putin is busy redrawing the map of Europe, President Obama is busy filling out his brackets. — Kathleen Troia McFarland