If it must always be better, it can never be good enough.
Do you really think I’ve been murdered?” Michael’s voice was soft, but I still heard it from across the bedroom. He stood in the doorway with a rather solemn expression. Words failed me. Would he really want to hear the answer? If it were me, w...
Hey, Pedro, could you get your shopping cart out of my faculty parking space? Yes, I know you live on the street. But you know how hard it is to find a parking spot on the Upper West Side. After all, you used to be one of my best students! So how's t...
Whoever is in charge of such things had been sparing with his blessings on the moment Benno was born. He had neither looks nor wit nor skill. He was not large or strong, he could not sing; in fact, he had a stammer, which on most occasions left him s...
Sam: If you can't laugh at yourself, life's gonna seem a whole lot longer than you like. Andrew Largeman: All right, so what are we laughing at you about? Sam: I lied again... I have epilepsy. Andrew Largeman: Which part are we laughing about? Sam: h...
Katniss Everdeen: [hearing the door open] I'm really not in the mood for a lecture. I'll apologize to Effie later. [She turns and sees it's Peeta who's entered the room] Katniss Everdeen: I thought you were Haymitch. Peeta Mellark: You don't have to ...
[Valentine receives a notice that Professor Arnold has been terminated] Valentine: Fuck that guy, whoever he is! I'm gonna... He made me kill Professor Arnold. Goddamn loved Professor Arnold. Gazelle: Well the good news is we know the emergency surve...
[White approaches Loew in the bathroom, after he refused to answer Exley's questions] Ellis Loew: Unless you came in here to wipe my ass, I believe we're through. [White looks at him, silently] Ellis Loew: Come on, don't try this "Good Cop-Bad Cop" c...
Supreme Chancellor: [Anakin cuts off Dooku's hands ending the battle. Anakin catches Dooku's lightsabre and ignites it and puts both lightsabres to his neck] Good, Anakin, good. Kill him. [Dooku looks at Palpatine in shock] Supreme Chancellor: Kill h...
If the king says that it is night in the middle of the day, look up at the stars.
Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.
The woman who takes a wolf for a husband is always looking into the wood.
Don't look back when you are walking along the edge of a wall.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
If you fall into a pit, Providence is under no obligation to come and look for you.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking glass.
If you are looking for a fly in your food it means that you are full.
A blind man needs no looking glass.
If the peacock were to look at its feet, it would stop him strutting.
I thought it such a shame that our culture had not devised a way to defang old age. A sophisticated civilization wouldn't ridicule senility, it would elevate it, worship it, wouldn't it? We would train ourselves to see poetry in the nonsense of demen...
People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept ...
