Unilingual Def Quotes & Sayings

Straight is the way to Acheron,
Whether the spirit's race is run
From Athens or from Meroe:
Weep not, far from home to die;
The wind doth blow in every sky
That wafts us to that doleful sea. — John Addington Symonds

I don't want to give too much of it away, because I haven't cleared it with Bob, but the treatment is twenty years, and she, in an effort to protect herself faked her death and did a series of things regarding Dr. Loomis, who has died, because Michael Myers was after her. — Kevin Williamson

I'm naturally a mousy blonde, so I dye my hair, and my eyebrows would disappear if I didn't get through at least a pencil a month. — Beth Ditto

If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning. — William Bennett

Lasting peace and security in Iraq and Afghanistan will be achieved when we establish the conditions for democratic, economically viable nations. — John Warner

I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. — Grimes

With deregulation, one sector of the economy after another is "liberated" to capital's unmonitored authority. The very notion that there is a public interest is contested. — Herbert Schiller

When you like something, you find time to do it. — Yakov Smirnoff

So you want another story?"
Uhh ... no. We would like to know what really happened."
Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?"
Uhh ... perhaps in English. In Japanese a story would have an element of invention in it. We don't want any invention. We want the 'straight facts,' as you say in English."
Isn't telling about something
using words, English or Japanese
already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention? — Yann Martel

Bursting our belief bubble is an emotional experience we are conditioned to avoid, even if the belief itself is false. — Gary Van Warmerdam

Reach for the heavenly bliss. — Lailah Gifty Akita