#pens

I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive and enrolled by drama as it happens around them. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#characters #circumstances #drama #engage #enlightened

Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#doing #exercise #free #get #happen

I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#being used #clubhouse #face #going #happens

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#default #expect #greek #happens #other

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. ↗

— Plautus

#gain #must #seeks #some #who

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#law #lose #nothing #unproductive #whether

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. ↗

— Theodore Parker

#comes #highest #indispensable #kind #religious

I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand. ↗

— Jason Patric

#blatant #brand #business #celebrity #exhibitionism

I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out. I like a little suspense when I am writing, too. ↗

— James Patterson

#book #did #end #exactly #how

I have very, very low expenditures, but still I manage to spend it all. I guess Hot Pockets are more expensive than I thought. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#expensive #guess #hot #i #low