S. J. Perelman Quotes
There are nineteen words in Yiddish that convey gradations of disparagement, from a mild, fluttery helplessness to a state of downright, irreconcilable brutishness. All of them can be usefully employed to pinpoint the kind of individuals I write about.
S. J. Perelman
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
Vijay Sethupathi
A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
Otto Penzler
I have a particular image, and my customers know my line isn't going to be so trendy it will be out of style next year.
Jaclyn Smith
We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
Tanya Tucker
I love playing a woman suffering, thinking about the choices that she's made and obviously wanting more. It's classic.
Parker Posey
All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are always nice, but it's weird.
Karl Pilkington
I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings
From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same--majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.
Napoleon Bonaparte
We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
Frances Wright
A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.
Beryl Markham
So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfect singer, the perfect sexy girl, or the perfect feminist. I don't want to be the perfect anything.
Halsey
There are nineteen words in Yiddish that convey gradations of disparagement, from a mild, fluttery helplessness to a state of downright, irreconcilable brutishness. All of them can be usefully employed to pinpoint the kind of individuals I write about.
S. J. Perelman