Besmeared Quotes

#1. The intelligentsia ... was kept busy embroidering white stitches on the philosophical and ecclesiastical vestments of the bourgeoisie - that old and filthy fabric besmeared with the blood of toiling masses.

Maxim Gorky

#2. No man who drank or smoked could ever come nearer to me than the telephone. I'd say, I won't let you - you nicotine-soaked, beer-besmeared, whiskey-greased, red-eyed devil - talk to me face to face ...

Carrie Nation

#3. If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait until you hit 50; and I was surprised at how liberating it was. The anticipation of something is always much worse than the reality.

Michelle Pfeiffer

#4. When a paradox is widely believed, it is no longer recognized as a paradox.

Mason Cooley

#5. Anyone can be gay - it's no accomplishment - but only I can be me.

Ned Rorem

#6. We tend to blame the physical media for most of our implementation difficulties; for the media are not "ours" in the way the ideas are, and our pride colors our judgement.

Fred Brooks

#7. I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.

Tammy Faye Bakker

#8. My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.

Gabriel Macht

#9. Annabeth wailed in rage, judo-flipping the monster and dropping on its neck, putting her whole body weight into an elbow strike that would've made any pro wrestler proud.

Rick Riordan

#10. He held on to me like I was a rock, the only thing keeping him from drifting out with the tide of dark memories.
It was the first time I realized he need me too.

Jodi Meadows

#11. Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.

Natalie Babbitt