Uncloses Quotes & Sayings

I would not engage the wombat
In any form of mortal combat. — Ogden Nash

Sociologists are those academic accountants who think that truth can be shaken from an abacus. — Peter S. Prescott

Bringing up children is not a real occupation, because children come up just the same, brought or not. — Germaine Greer

There is nothing worse ... no punishment greater than to have known God and no longer to know him. — Philip K. Dick

We can only conceive of changing the self-reflection in response to our concept of self-reflection, which is predicated on our concept of self, which is a self-reflection. — Frederick Lenz

He wanted to give her more than that. Sex with him would never be just another thing she ticked off her list. It would be all-consuming and no matter how they ended up, this woman would always remember her nights with him as some of the best she'd ever had. His pride demanded nothing less. His love for her could give nothing less. — Arielle Hudson

When I first dropped into L.A., I wanted to be a superhero! — Derek Theler

Sweet, can I sing you the song of your kisses? How soft is this one, how subtle this is, How fluttering swift as a bird's kiss that is, As a bird that taps at a leafy lattice; How this one clings and how that uncloses From bud to flower in the way of roses. — Arthur Symons

In the years 1910 and 1911 I had 51 innings with 10 not outs and an average of 19. This I consider a creditable record for a poet. — Siegfried Sassoon

I write ... sonnets ... and writing sonnets is boring. You have to find rhymes; you have to write hendecasyllables; so after a while, I get bored and my drawer is overflowing with unfinished short poems. — Italo Calvino

There are lots of people who are red-carpet types, but that's not me. — Megyn Kelly

So why don't nurses do home visits to Americans with acute conditions? Hospitals aren't paid for it. — Robert Reich