#sayin

Well, we have a saying where we come from," said Louise. "Curiosity killed the cat." "And satisfaction brought him back," Been added. ↗

— W.D. Newman

#saying #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

My heart is breaking," she says. "I want to be strong for you right now but the thought of you leaving is killing me inside. ↗

— Pittacus Lore

#saying-goodbye #love

He who is not generous(loving,benevolent),God is not generous(loving,benevolent) to him. ↗

— Anonymous

#beautiful #benevolent #culture #freedom #generous

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

Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?" ↗

— Annette Bening

#cameos #cannot #doing #fact #films

Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#enough #hope #journalists #keep #know

Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#disgusted #former #i #kennedys #me

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#children #goes #more #never #saying