Untypical Or Atypical Quotes & Sayings

Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical. — Sun Tzu

The merit of 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' then - or its offence, depending where you stood - was not that it was authentic, but that it was credible. — John Le Carre

You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his. — Denis Diderot

We all must choose," she proclaimed. "Man or woman, young or old, lord or peasant, our choices are the same." Her voice made Jon Snow think of anise and nutmeg and cloves. She stood at the king's side on a wooden scaffold raised above the pit. "We choose light or we choose darkness. We choose good or we choose evil. We choose the true god or the false. — George R R Martin

I was always kind of finding humor to be an access point to the conversation, to a pain relief, if you will. My mother was in a wheelchair since I was very young, so she was in pain and we used humor. — Tom Shadyac

We as women analyze every little thing that comes out of men's mouths, but sometimes you've got to just pay their craziness no heed. Just pretend it's their "time of the month" and think about the dry-cleaning you've got to pick up. — Kimora Lee Simmons

Being a Labour home secretary in the 21st century means fighting a constant battle against both extreme Right and Left. — David Blunkett

There have been many different phases and experiences in my life, which allow me to relate to many people in different ways. — Jai Uttal

Liberty is so much latitude as the powerful choose to accord to the weak. — Learned Hand

But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new. — Scott Westerfeld

Hoffa and his Strawberry Boys' victory in 1932 was a rare labor victory in those days. In that same year a group of World War I veterans and their plight came to symbolize the powerlessness of the working man in the Depression. In 1932 thousands of veterans, tired of broken promises, marched on Washington and refused to leave the Mall until their promised bonuses, not due until 1945, were granted by Congress now when they needed them most. — Charles Brandt

And that's what we're going to teach you how to do." Well, wasn't that a lesson he was goddamn aching to learn. Jim — J.R. Ward

They who once engage in iniquitous designs miserably deceive themselves when they think that they will go so far and no farther; one fault begets another, one crime renders another necessary; and thus they are impelled continually downward into a depth of guilt, which at the commencement of their career they would have died rather than have incurred. — Robert Southey