Wollenskys Grill Quotes & Sayings

It's okay to be scared, but it helps you be brave if you know exactly what it is you're scared of. — Don Prichard

Flaubert prided himself on his frankness; it was indeed brutal. — W. Somerset Maugham

How easily Elend spoke of hope and humor, as if being happy were simply a decision one made. Some people assumed that it was. Once, Sazed might have agreed with them. Now, his stomach simply twisted, and he felt sick at the thought of taking pretty much any action. His thoughts were constantly invaded by doubts. — Brandon Sanderson

It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct to contain constructs. — Robert Anton Wilson

That's one of the disadvantages of being poor, you don't dare kill anybody. — Rex Stout

Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in a storybook, atop a horse, wearing a didashah and pointing a long arm. — Mona Simpson

Before I Talk, I Should Read A Book — The B-52s

You have no idea, do you? No idea what it's like to have no money, no way on God's earth to beg, borrow, or steal it. No idea what it's like to have no choice. No idea what it's like to sit there and stare at the bare walls and realize you've got to do something, and whatever you do, it's the wrong thing. You could take some money, propose to a girl, and break her heart later, and in so doing lose the love of the single most breathtaking woman you've ever met, the love of your lonely godforsaken life. — Beatriz Williams