Versmass Quotes & Sayings

Rules are what the artist breaks; the memorable never emerged from a formula. — William Bernbach

The daylight needs no praise, and so we praise it always- greater than ourselves and all the airy words we summon. — Dana Gioia

You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge that they shall be brought back to you. As far as I am able to learn, those of your friends who are not in jail are still right there in your native village. You point out that they were wont to share your gambols, If so, you are certainly entitled to have theirs now. — Stephen Leacock

Food first," Kellen said firmly, "because I'm a really good cook, and I want you to experience the full awesomeness. And then bed, nice and slow, for pretty much the same reason. — Kaje Harper

The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed organization. It is valuable to the United States, and the United States is invaluable to it. We need to reform it. — Richard Holbrooke

You learn the wisest lessons from your enemy. If you live. — Aleksandr Voinov

Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever. — Vince Gilligan

Fear becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thinking that there is something to be avoided manifests something to avoid. — Vironika Tugaleva

It seems like we wake up and it's a race until you get to bed. It gets to you after a while and you think, 'What the hell am I doing?' — Steven Wright

I saw with regret, (and all scientific men have shared this feeling) that whilst the number of accurate instruments was daily increasing, we were still ignorant — Alexander Von Humboldt

Axl introduced me - as usual - as Duff "the King of Beers" McKagan. Soon after this, a production company working on a new animated series called me to ask if they could use the name "Duff" for a brand of beer in the show. I laughed and said of course, no problem. The whole thing sounded like a low-rent art project or something - I mean, who made cartoons for adults? Little did I know that the show would become The Simpsons and that within a few years I would start to see Duff beer glasses and gear everywhere we toured. — Duff McKagan

I will gladly deal with the inconveniences that may attend living my life as I see fit, rather than be the kind of man who would forsake his own desires in order to seek or preserve the acceptance of lesser men.

~ Dave Champion — Dave Champion