Zere Quotes & Sayings

I peered cautiously through a loophole, trying to find the Fascist trench. 'Where are the enemy?' Benjamin waved his hand expansively. 'Over zere.' (Benjamin spoke English - terrible English.) 'But where?' According to my ideas of trench warfare the Fascists would be fifty or a hundred yards away. I could see nothing - seemingly their trenches were very well concealed. Then with a shock of dismay I saw where Benjamin was pointing; on the opposite hill-top, beyond the ravine, seven hundred metres away at the very least, the tiny outline of a parapet and a red-and-yellow flag - the Fascist position. I was indescribably disappointed. We were nowhere near them! At that range our rifles were completely useless. — George Orwell

Click.
The salamander flared, etching the room with searing white light and dark shadows.
Otto screamed. He fell to the floor, clutching at his throat. He sprang to his feet, goggle-eyed and gasping, and staggered, knock-kneed and wobbly-legged, the length of the room and back again. He sank down behind a desk , scattering paperwork with a wildly flailing hand.
"Aarghaarghaaaargh ... "
There was a shocked silence.
Otto stood up, adjusted his cravat, and dusted himself off. Only then did he look up at the row of shocked faces.
"Vel?" he said sternly. "Vat are you all looking at? It is just a normal reaction, zat is all. I am vorking on it. Light in all its forms is mine passion. Light is my canvas, shadows are my brush."
But strong light hurts you!" said Sacharissa. "It hurts vampires!"
"Yes. It iss a bit of a bugger, but zere you go. — Terry Pratchett

When a person has no other persons he invents them because he was not designed to be alone, because it isn't good for a person to be alone. — Donald Miller

The United States did not choose to fight Islamic extremists. These terrorists chose to fight our way of life. They chose to challenge our existence. — John Boehner

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so. — Jerome K. Jerome

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space. — Buzz Aldrin

Oh, dear. He's a pimp and he's stupid, this is not good," Bev mutters. "Leon, leave it to you to find the only stupid pimp in Seattle. — Tara Sivec

The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated. — Victor LaValle

Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice. — Anton Chekhov

Do you ever shut up? There's nothing wrong with you. You're just looking for excuses not to be brave. — Hilary T. Smith

My mum told me once I was a Hindu. — Sam Taylor-Johnson

I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older. — George Clooney

Gratitude opens you heart to receive more goodness. Then you give thanks and are blessed again. It's an endless cycle. — Amy Leigh Mercree

The guy appeared to be on the verge of tears.
"Zere is no more bread," he confessed tragically, like someone admitting witchcraft to the Inquisition. — Karen Chance

The headline is the 'ticket on the meat.' Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising. — David Ogilvy