Wurds Quotes & Sayings

He held up his suitcase. "I've never had much to leave behind," he said. — Dinaw Mengestu

French was my first language. — Bob Cousy

Leibniz never married; he had considered it at the age of fifty; but the person he had in mind asked for time to reflect. This gave Leibniz time to reflect, too, and so he never married. — Bernard Le Bovier De Fontenelle

There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force; and if a gradual reform should not be made in our language, it wil proov that we are less under the influence of reezon than our ancestors.
[This quote illustrates the reformed spelling advocated by Webster.] — Noah Webster

An' writin' even goes on sayin' a man's wurds after he's deid! Ye cannae tell me that's right! — Terry Pratchett

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with. — Helen Clark

Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex, it's more fun with someone who really likes it. I can't imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food. — Alan King

There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants. — Arnold Newman

It's all a learning process. You've got to learn from experience, the battles you go through. Some guys continue to grow. Hopefully, that's what I'll continue do. — Paul Pierce

What do you do? I asked the man, to break the silence shooting up around me on all sides, thick as jungle grass — Sylvia Plath

One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started into discourse; but, instead of this we find that conversation is never so much straightened and confined, as in numerous assemblies. — Joseph Addison

'The End of America' details the 10 steps that would-be dictators always take in seeking to close an open society; it argued that the Bush administration had been advancing each one. — Naomi Wolf

Evolution is a myth. God creates the future the way he wants it. — James Redfield

I think my music's more disturbing than Tupac's - or at least I thought some of the themes of 'The Downward Spiral' were more disturbing on a deeper level - you know, issues about suicide and hating yourself and God and people and everything else. — Trent Reznor

A little self-hatred keeps a person interesting — Eliot Schrefer