Zbrane Quotes & Sayings

He smells of secondhand cigar smoke and a brew of perfumes from his bachelor party, but it would be enticing foreplay to shower him fresh before sullying him anew. — Valentine Glass

Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man! — Nate Ruess

There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should be articulate. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

I have advice for people who want to write. I don't care whether they're 5 or 500. There are three things that are important: First, if you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just put down what you think about life, what you think about things, what you think is fair and what you think is unfair. And second, you need to read. You can't be a writer if you're not a reader. It's the great writers who teach us how to write. The third thing is to write. Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour - write, write, write. — Madeleine L'Engle

The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision. — Carl Von Clausewitz

Centralization is an abomination! Decentralize everything! Leave nothing to the central planners. — A.E. Samaan

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. — John McCarthy

First, when I was 12, I saw a Spanish girl jumping rope. I never saw her face, but it was still the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen. — Gene Simmons

Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly. — Quentin Blake

No matter how hard I tried to wish him out of the picture - for there he always was, in my hands and my voice and my walk ... — Donna Tartt

You can put me down now," I grump.
"I don't know. It's a lot easier to save your ass when I have it riding on my shoulder. — A.G. Howard

Digital books, like television and other media, are best meant for those Pandoras who've already opened their boxes and know what demons to expect inside. — Jason Merkoski

One thing evangelicals want is a reprieve from intolerance against their beliefs, values, and practices. — Ronald H. Nash

I was nearly attacked. All because I missed your smell. — Kiera Cass

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance. — Friedrich Nietzsche