Marriageless Quotes

#1. I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.

Rachel Cusk

#2. There's this assumption that all children have the luxury of a childhood where their innocence is always respected and their main occupation is pleasant play - at the age of 18 or 21, they are then thrust into the real world and shown its uglier side, but not before.

Margo Lanagan

#3. Patent monopoly creates a lot of problems. It allows the patentee to charge the maximum to consumers. This may not be a problem if the patented product is a luxury item, like parts that go into a smartphone, but can violate basic human rights if it involves things such as life-saving drugs.

Ha-Joon Chang

#4. Nobody knows I'm Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I've got the perfect disguise.

Waylon Jennings

#5. One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

Lawrence Welk

#6. Today and every day, live and lead the memory you want to leave behind.

Jon Mertz

#7. There have been plenty of markers that show that this [Iraq] is a country that is worth the investment, because once it emerges as a country that is a stabilising factor, you will have a very different kind of Middle East.

Condoleezza Rice

#8. After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.

Gene Siskel

#9. How come when you wipe up dust it's called dusting but when you wipe up a spill it's not called spilling? There's something to think about.

Ellen DeGeneres