Weekend Workout Quotes & Sayings

When you catch an adjective, kill it - perhaps the best possible advice for budding writers. — Mark Twain

still the teachings of the philosophers are not the commandments of the gods, but the discoveries of men, who, at the prompting of their own speculative ability, made efforts to discover the hidden laws of nature, and the right and wrong in ethics, and in dialectic what was consequent according to the rules of logic, and what was inconsequent and erroneous. — Augustine Of Hippo

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do. — Vivien Leigh

His eyes were softer now. When he smiled, the shape of his mouth made my blood go hot. — Brenna Yovanoff

Micheil growled an oath and shoved through the crowd into the circle. "They're too young to take up fighting," he argued. "No one would accost them."

"Were those lads on the whisky wagon too young to be waving their dirks at brigands armed with claymores, then?"

That stopped Micheil in his tracks. He drew his weapon.

Donal grinned. "That's better. Let's dance, shall we? — Willa Blair

Ounce for ounce, herbs and spices have more antioxidants than any other food group. — Michael Greger

I think we have got to get the Republicans and the Democrats to get back to what I call the fiscal conservative, the issues that drive the tea parties. — Michael Enzi

Widows are more skillful anglers for husbands than spinsters, and many marry several times. This is a social injustice to spinsters. "One man one woman," is surely as fair a cry as "One man one vote." As there is scarcely one man for each woman, what right has one woman to two, three, or four men in succession? She may reply, "By the right of conquest." But, then, is she not reducing others to unhappy courses or to become old maids? ... Society, for the interests of all, should discourage the remarriage of widows. — Tennessee Celeste Claflin

If nothing else, believe in art — Anonymous

I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted. — Scott Thompson