Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
#quotes #david-ives #writing #comedy
My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
#quotes #shelby-foote #writing #books
I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
#quotes #barry-sheene #race #competition
I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
#quotes #sylvia-plath #purity #feminism
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #parents #children
Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #fortune
Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
#quotes #epictetus #justice
Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
#quotes #martha-nibley-beck #thinking #optimism #appreciation #hope
Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
#proverbs #latin-proverbs #mind
They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #hypocrisy #saints
To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
#proverbs #jamaican-proverbs
The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
#quotes #dante-gabriel #atheism #gratitude #thankfulness
Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverb #ranks
I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
#proverbs #mexican-proverbs #perspective
Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #perseverance
Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism
When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #health
I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
#quotes #garth-ennis #stories
In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
#quotes #phoebe-tonkin #clothing #summer
I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
#quotes #young-buck #world
The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
#quotes #c-s-lewis #family #eating
It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
#quotes #thurston-moore #radio
If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
#quotes #walter-schloss #investing
If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
#quotes #paul-weyrich #liberalism
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