Toccatas Quotes & Sayings

Happiness is a side effect of doing something that has nothing to do with it. — Bootsy Collins

I want you very badly, especially now, when you're biting your lip again. — E.L. James

It's the kissing! The stupid kissing! It's like he kissed all the vital brain cells right out of my head! — Jill Shalvis

One may denounce corruption in the developing world and the developed world alike, but in the age when billionaires stalk a globe on which 50 percent of its people live on less than two dollars a day, can one really be surprised that customs officers, policemen, judges, politicians, and bureaucrats are often tempted? — Misha Glenny

Influencers should lead from the inside out so that their identity shapes their leadership rather than the other way around. — Brad Lomenick

If a clothing is expensive, don't think of the cost. Think about the cost divided by the number of times you will use it. If the answer seems practical to you then buy it. — Erwin Cruz

The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible — Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A segregated spiritual subculture does women no good, even if it does have adorable butterflies in the logo. — Frederica Mathewes-Green

Only fools don't contradict themselves — Andre Gide

What are our conductors giving us year after year? Only fresh corpses. Over these beautifully embalmed sonatas, toccatas, symphonies and operas the public dance the jitterbug. Night and day without let the radio drowns us in a hog-wash of the most nauseating, sentimental ditties. From the churches comes the melancholy dirge of the dead Christ, a music which is no more sacred than a rotten turnip. — Henry Miller

There is a bright spot or two for the Spaniards. French toast has become freedom toast on the Air Force One breakfast menu, but the Spanish omelet is still a Spanish omelet. — Suzanne Fields

Always ensure that the roads you must take are filled with love not hate. — Steven Redhead

When Daniel Boone goes by at night
The phantom deer arise
And all lost, wild America
Is burning in their eyes. — Stephen Vincent Benet

I'm the guy that stands out in all the crowds, so I don't get out there and dance, but I can dance. — Tracy McGrady

Anyone else would have gotten up the instant their date showed up with parental supervision. — Jay Crownover

Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy. — Giannina Braschi