Zhvanetsky Quotes & Sayings

But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten. They may not have two spondees to rub together but they still want to pen their saga untrammelled by life-threatening activities like trailing round Sainsbury's, emptying the dishwasher or going to the nativity play. — Alan Bennett

Getting yelled at by a furious woman should be a semi-formal occasion. — Jeff Lindsay

All those minds that are interested in finding out the truth communicate with each other across the distances of space and time. I, too, was taking part in the effort which humanity makes to know. — Simone De Beauvoir

It's time now to rent a car, roll down the windows and prepare for your first big thrill: the freeways. They're so much fun they should charge admission. Never fret about zigzagging back and forth through six lanes of traffic at high speeds; it erases jet lag in a split second.
You're now heading toward Hollywood, like any normal tourist. Breathe in that smog and feel lucky that only in L.A. will you glimpse a green sun or a brown moon. Forget the propaganda you've heard about clean air; demand oxygen you can see in all its glorious discoloration. — John Waters

There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962. — Priscilla Presley

Be conscious of yourself, watch your mind, give it your full attention. Don't look for quick results; there may be none within your noticing. Unknown to you, your psyche will undergo a change; there will be more clarity in your thinking, charity in your feeling, purity in your behavior. You need not aim at these - you will witness the change all the same. For, what you are now is the result of inattention and what you become will be the fruit of attention. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say ... sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of ... it doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like ... after "I love you" ... or "You're going to live" ... or "It's a boy! — Demetri Martin

Give me a place to stand and rest my lever on, and I can move the Earth. — Archimedes

Calmly take what ill betideth; Patience wins the crown at length: Rich repayment him abideth Who endures in quiet strength. Brave the tamer of the lion; Brave whom conquered kingdoms praise; Bravest he who rules his passions, Who his own impatience sways. — Johann Gottfried Herder

I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.' — Dan Stevens

What Degas called 'a way of seeing' must consequently bear a wide enough interpretation to include way of being, power, knowledge, and will. — Paul Valery

Time is a conscientious Debunker. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The right to vote gives every eligible American a voice in our electoral politics. There's too much at stake to stay silent as this right is eroded. — Martin O'Malley

But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction. — Daniel Woodrell