Viscissitudes Quotes & Sayings

(Jace) "Is there anything special you want to see? Paris? Budapest? The Leaning Tower of Pisa?"
Only if it falls on Sebastian's head, she thought. — Cassandra Clare

Despite ancient suspicions, nature is on inspection neither kind nor unkind. It is neither caring nor uncaring. It is not, under even the closest audit, either interested or disinterested. It is merciless, cruel, and stunningly violent, but it is also mindless and without vengeance or hate or malice. It is, from every perspective, a contrivance of dead matter simply being moved - chemically or mechanically - by the unthinking, enormously discourteous laws of the universe. — John Zande

When you walk into a room every chick there forgets she is with the guy standing right next to her and wishes she was with you, — Quinn Loftis

I don't want to be a Hollywood star. I just want to do my job and enjoy it. My aim is to find my true identity and to remain true to myself. — Eva Green

It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put. — Dalai Lama

Being afraid of Islam is no doubt moronic, absurd, and plenty of other things as well, but it's not a crime. — Charb

He was tough as an antique ivory figurine, which has withstood the viscissitudes of centuries and can accept more. — Pat Frank

Men who know are secure. Men who don't know believe in luck. — L. Ron Hubbard

Doing more with less. — R. Buckminster Fuller

Bestow rewards without regard to rule, issue orders without regard to previous arrangements; and you will be able to handle a whole army as though you had to do with but a single man. — Sun Tzu

Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error. — Ferdinand Mount

Come on, Kitten, jump. Or I'll throw you off." "You throw me off this bridge, Bones, and you'll have a lot of celibacy in your future!" His lips curled in a way that said he wasn't worried. "Only means I'd have to work harder to change your mind, and you know how I love my work. Now quit stalling. — Jeaniene Frost

I respond to about a quarter of comments. It's a good barometer of my mental health - when I'm healthy and busy, I don't read them. — Meghan Daum

I remember Detroit feeling really unsafe, feeling scared a lot. Our house was broken into, our car was stolen, we had to get a watchdog, we would get beat up in the street, I had my bike stolen. There was just a lot of real anarchy on the streets and sidewalks. — Sufjan Stevens

I am so grateful. — Lailah Gifty Akita