Towleroad Quotes & Sayings

I'd take that gum out of the keyhole if I were you, Peeves," he said pleasantly.
Peeves paid no attention to Professor Lupin's words, except to blow a loud wet raspberry.
Professor Lupin gave a small sigh and took out his wand.
"This is a useful little spell," he told the class over his shoulder. "Please watch closely."
He raised the wand to shoulder height, said, "Waddiwasi!" and pointed it at Peeves.
With the force of a bullet, the wad of chewing gum shot out of the keyhole and straight down Peeves's left nostril; he whirled upright and zoomed away, cursing.
"Cool, sir!" said Dean Thomas in amazement.
"Thank you, Dean," said Professor Lupin, putting his wand away again. "Shall we proceed? — J.K. Rowling

If you get so unequal that people believe they don't have a chance, that the field isn't level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk. — Hillary Clinton

One in four sub-Saharan Africans is Nigerian, and it has 140 million dynamic people - chaotic people - but very interesting people. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies. — Daniel Craig

I come from a long line of serial embellishers. Sometimes a good story's got a ghost in it; sometimes a panther chases my Uncle Bill and Fred Price home from a coon hunt. — Tony Earley

History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities. — Graydon Carter

The way that is bright seems dull. The way forward seems to lead back. The smooth way seems rough. The highest virtue seems a valley. The purest whiteness seems stained. Excessive virtue seems defective. Solid virtue seems inactive. — Lao-Tzu

In India, the eldest has the most responsibility and the crown goes to him. The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could 'most talent' be determined? So Indian society settled on age. — Devdutt Pattanaik

Ah, what is it we send up thither, where our thoughts are either a dissonance or a sweetness and a grace? — George MacDonald

I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you'. — Kim Kardashian

When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, "Love you but no." — Michelle Singletary

It's adrenaline, not prom sex. — Maggie Stiefvater

And you are mine, — Ellie Valentina

I'm a Berliner - fast, loud, obnoxious, industrious, brutally open. — Hasso Plattner

I'd spent time with all those girls trying to find someone who outshone you, who I thought I could want more, and I failed. I felt hopeless. — Kiera Cass