#sayin

Every quote is like a Picasso. The meaning is different for each person and half the admirers miss the true intent and twisted humor of it all. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#sayings #humor

An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or, 'He learnt the language of pigeons, and forgot his own.' Or, the favourite of Jan Fishan Khan: 'Nothing is what it seems. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#afghanistan #folklore #proverbs #saying #sufis

If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it. ↗

— Thelma Ritter

#anything #likes #living #living alone #saying

I love you,” she whispered. He stroked his hand down her back. “Yep, you do.” “You’re supposed to say it back,” she said, pretending to be offended because the silliness kept the fear/hope at bay. “Why?” He scowled down at her. “You know you’re my heartbeat. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#love

The one thing you should never do to a woman, whether you make love to her or fuck her, is apologise straight after. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#apology #couples #couples-fights #fucking #make-love

It was strange walking through the empty apartment. My battered purple room was gone, Brittany’s bruised blue was gone. Two coats covered everything. It was like none of it had ever happened. ↗

— Kimberly Novosel

#growing-up #moving-on #paint #painting #purple

It's the first time I've ever done anything like that. It took longer than I expected. I've gotten a lot of E-mail since I got back, saying they thought I did a good job and presented the case well. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#back #case #did #done #e-mail

It just seems that you were talking positively about McDonald's, that they are... attempting this healthy lifestyle, and yet when we're talking right now... it seems that you're saying they need to make more responsibility. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#attempting #healthy #healthy lifestyle #just #lifestyle

When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#chatting #could #daisy #direct #driving

So here, at Arsenal, we are often surprised when we are shown some of the newspapers, and at the bottom of an article there is a line saying if you know of anyone who had an affair with a player, call this number. It is very strange to us. ↗

— Dennis Bergkamp

#anyone #arsenal #article #bottom #call