Extortionate Quotes

#1. In this world people have to pay an extortionate price for any exceptional gift whatever.

Willa Cather

#2. Don't you worry about that, Mr. Adamsson. Why don't you head back to Reykjavik and spend some of that extortionate fee you charged me for a couple of hours' usage of your frankly third-rate restaurant and perhaps find a friendless tree stump to listen to your woes?

Eoin Colfer

#3. At Christmas time, I spent an extortionate amount of money on Buzz Lightyear toys, baby clothes, Disney cars and the like.

Russell Tovey

#4. I have a real passion for driving. Earlier on in my life I wanted to be a race car driver. But I don't pay an extortionate amount of money for cars. I'm pretty frugal.

John Barrowman

#5. But he didn't survive a war, not really," Augustus said. "He survived a genocide.

John Green

#6. Hope is to our spirits what oxygen is to our lungs. Lose hope and you die. They may not bury you for awhile, but without hope you are dead inside. The only way to face the future is to fly straight into it on the wings of hope ... hope is the energy of the soul. Hope is the power of tomorrow.

Lewis B. Smedes

#7. Up the hill, sheep bleat, oblivious to human empires rising and falling.

David Mitchell

#8. I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.

John Legend

#9. When I was in the House for 16 years, I caucused with the Democrats.

Bernie Sanders

#10. There is an old Chinese proverb: 'A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.

Ashwin Sanghi

#11. Clear communication. Respect. A lot of laughter. And a lot of orgasms. That's what makes a marriage work.

Dr. Dre