Walker Percy Quotes
He could tell that the other expected him to be surprised, but it was not in him to be surprised because it was no more surprising to him when things did not fall out as they were supposed to than when they did.Walker Percy
Quotes to Explore
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
Nathan Deal -
The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
Basmah bint Saud -
What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
Kate Thompson -
If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
J. R. Moehringer -
That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
Ian McDiarmid -
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
Sam Levenson
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One time, I pranked my sister: I put red solo cups in her room on her floor and filled them with water. Then I put string all over so you couldn't get anywhere.
Cameron Dallas -
Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
Dana Brunetti -
Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
Viggo Mortensen -
Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
Vincent Bugliosi -
If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
T. J. Miller
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The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.
Dan Hill -
The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
L'Wren Scott -
I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
Adam Driver -
I do endorse brands: brands that I believe in individually, brands that I use, brands that I am proud to sell. But I wouldn't do that for my films because that's something I do separately. What I do with my films is something I am extremely passionate about.
Ranbir Kapoor -
I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.
Taylor Swift -
Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood.
Federica Montseny
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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.
Alain Prost -
What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and LOUSY.
Vicki Baum -
The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.
Kingsley Amis -
Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.
Mahatma Gandhi -
He could tell that the other expected him to be surprised, but it was not in him to be surprised because it was no more surprising to him when things did not fall out as they were supposed to than when they did.
Walker Percy