Metes Quotes

#1. We can't forever be spending our lives paying for political follies that never gave us anything but always took from us, and I amcontent with the narrowest metes and bounds provided I have peace and quiet for work.

Stefan Zweig

#2. There aren't many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her vainly for the past umpteen years.

Edward Hoagland

#3. You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.

Elvis Costello

#4. Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.

Cesare Pavese

#5. Often, the truly great and valuable lessons we learn in life are learned through pain. That's why they call it "growing pains." It's all about yin and yang. And that's not something you order off column A at your local Chinese restaurant.

Fran Drescher

#6. Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.

Philip Pullman

#7. I've always wanted to be able to let myself go over the edge.

Robin Wright

#8. My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

Richard M. Nixon

#9. I don't eat or wear animals, but I never tell people not to - that's just my view.

Loretta Swit

#10. Sex when you're married is like going to the 7-Eleven: There's not much variety, but at three in the morning, it's always there.

Carol Leifer

#11. D'Artagnan, be it remembered, was only twenty years old, and at that age sleep has its imprescriptible rights which it imperiously insists upon, even with the saddest hearts.

Alexandre Dumas