Quotes - Sandi (Delta, BC, Canada) Showing 1-30 of 35

#1

“You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.”
― Michael Palin

#2

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”
― Christopher Paolini

tags: books, reading

3773 likes

#3

“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.”
― Bill Nye

3943 likes

#4

“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”
― Nora Roberts

tags: inspirational

2416 likes

#5

“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.”
― Nora Roberts

tags: life, magic, music, stars

1306 likes

#6

“Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules.”
― Mario Batali

996 likes

#7

“Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

tags: humor

3689 likes

#8

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

tags: misattributed-kurt-cobain

3322 likes

#9

“Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.”
― Daphne du Maurier

tags: writing

2559 likes

#10

“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.”
― anthony burgess

2280 likes

#11

“I shook my head. "Not Interested" I said.
he straightened up. "Not interested in what?"
In you." I couldn't be more blunt.
Excuse me, miss, but I was going to ask if you would like to sign up for karaoke.”
― Karen E. Olson, The Missing Ink

tags: brett-kavanaugh, funny, the-missing-ink

7 likes

#12

“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
― Nora Ephron

tags: reading

4531 likes

#13

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

5369 likes

#14

“When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Fledgling

1579 likes

#15

“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
― Alex Haley

2706 likes

#16

“If you continue in this vein, I'll amputate your thumbs and big toes so that you'll reel through the rest of your life like a drunken orangutan.”
― Wes Craven, Fountain Society

5 likes

#17

“Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.”
― Sara Henderson

3394 likes

#18

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love | Guitar TAB Sheet Music Collection | Note-for-Note Transcriptions for Electric Guitar Players | Classic Psychedelic Rock Solos

tags: death, life

17168 likes

#19

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
― Joseph Brodsky

tags: books, censorship, illiteracy, reading

6413 likes

#20

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life

21209 likes

#21

“Because sometimes in life Ken doesn't always choose Barbie.”
― Rachel Gibson, See Jane Score

219 likes

#22

“You've got no sense of humor."

"I'm going to laugh really hard after I kick your ass.”
― J.D. Robb, Imitation in Death

tags: humor

389 likes

#23

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

tags: books-vacation

8569 likes

#24

“Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”
― Tamora Pierce, Melting Stones

tags: humor, obedience

3543 likes

#25

“We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.”
― Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannoli

tags: flaws, individuality, inspirational

1805 likes

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