Peruses Quotes

#1. A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor.

Joseph Addison

#2. When somebody discusses my work with me and peruses a poem or two, they get to see a piece of who I am. Because when it comes to poetry, I let it all spill forth. Any other way of writing prose would be a disservice to the art of poetry.

Nicholas Trandahl

#3. BLACKBERRY. Also know as "Crackberry" for it's addictive qualities. It is the modern girl's weapon. It allow her to bid on ebay while walking down the street, map out her shopping route for maximum productivity, and sneak out of work and still get her messages as she peruses the sales racks ...

Nina Garcia

#4. A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.

Joseph Addison

#5. Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.

Lara St. John

#6. It's dangerous for one actor to advise another one, especially when you're not in charge. On the set, I'm never gonna tell another person, "Here's what I think you should do." That's a discussion they should only have with the writers, producers, and directors.

David Koechner

#7. I wanted to be a sadhu. But what good would it do for me to be a sadhu in India? A real test of faith would be to go back to one of the most materialistic, money-worshipping countries on earth [America] and be a sadhu there.

Daniel Suelo

#8. What use is care? What good is watching for that matter? People are forever watching things. They should be seeing. I see the things I look at. I am a see-er.

Patrick Rothfuss

#9. The art of cooking is among the most intimate things that we can do for another.

Charlie Trotter

#10. There are people of spirit and there are people of passion, both less common than one might think. Rarer still are the people of spirit and passion. But rarest of all is a passionable spirit.

Martin Buber

#11. Cool parents, I thought, are the ones who know nothing. It made me feel a little sad for mine, but I didn't say any of this.

John Darnielle

#12. Health will improve almost at once when worrying ends.

Neale Donald Walsch

#13. The Right-wingers everywhere take themselves too seriously, whether in the U.S. or the U.K. And, by the way, so does the Left. The Left can take itself a little too seriously as well.

Dan Aykroyd