Verbivore Quotes & Sayings

I don't like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don't control. — George Meyer

[about a book lent by a crush]
Last night I read into the wee small hours. Fell asleep with my face in the book, my nose pressed up against the print. Could smell Sean on the pages, the lingering odours from his sportsbag. Man scent, liniment, damp earth. — Bob Condron

You see, if I keep it up I can eventually get promoted to Senior Shouting Officer, and there aren't usually many vacancies for nonshouting and nonpushing-people-about officers, so I think I'd better stick to what I know. — Douglas Adams

No one can take the power within you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Holy angel, in Heaven blessed,
My spirit longs with thee to rest — Gaston Leroux

people with weight issues often feel judged and attacked, partly because they spend so much time judging and attacking themselves. — Martha N. Beck

Let's face it: I am not a professional runner. — Jo Brand

I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's the most important thing to me. — Celine Dion

I love London. I would move here. I like British people; everybody is so down to earth. — Verne Troyer

It has been brought to my attention that I may be a verbivore. I consumptor of words, that I subsequently spew forth with considerable consternation.
A Volley of verbs that are quite vexing has taken form, perhaps under the guise of consonants most foul!! Where have you wandered faithful vowels? — Neil Leckman

Love turns the strongest of men into warriors. When a man has someone to fight for, he's capable of moving mountains."
- Finn, Chosen — Kristen Day

I don't really have a lot of hip-hop and all of that, so I have a lot of John Lennon. That's one that I really like, and The Clash, the Rolling Stones, groups that I think are kind of timeless. — Nick Robinson

I felt like a collection of complaints and malfunctions. — Jim Butcher

I always believed that I'd return to Cleveland and finish my career there. — LeBron James

What did you say to Van Eck on the bridge?" Kaz asked at last. "When we were making the trade?"
"You will see me once more, but only once."
"More Suli proverbs?"
"A promise to myself. And Van Eck."
"Careful, Wraith. You're ill-suited to the revenge game. I'm not sure your Suli Saints would approve."
"My Saints don't like bullies. — Leigh Bardugo

And a respectable man must be a coward and a slave not only at the present time, owing to some accidental circumstances, but generally in all periods of time. That's a law of nature for all respectable people on earth. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky