Pressants Quotes

#1. To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.

Epictetus

#2. And a singularly consistent investigation you have made, my dear Watson," said he. "I cannot at the moment recall any possible blunder which you have omitted. The total effect of your proceeding has been to give the alarm everywhere and yet to discover nothing.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#3. The influence of cinema on all contemporary writers is undeniable. Because film is such a powerful and popular art form, we prose writers think cinematically.

Hector Tobar

#4. I'm like an elephant, ok? If I walk into a room, it's like, OK, he's in there.

Aziz Ansari

#5. They talk about prohibition in America. What can one do in a country such as that?
'What does one do in America when one is sad - without alcohol?' asks Zwonimir.

Joseph Roth

#6. When you erupt, girl, make sure it is felt across worlds.

Sarah J. Maas

#7. I prefer creeptastic," Mom answers with a smile.

Paige McKenzie

#8. Accountants and economists are natural enemies. One views trees, the other forests, and the visions are usually at odds, as they should be.

Robert Ludlum

#9. A lot of men are very possessive and they want to control you. But as you grow older, you attract people who are on your wavelength and who understand who you are.

Marisa Berenson

#10. That's one strength that Stevie has. She's really not a strong instrumentalist in any way. Her instrument is her voice and her words. And it keeps her focused on the very center of that.

Lindsey Buckingham

#11. Success is taken by the man, who has made himself ready for its arrival.

Chris Murray

#12. Every time you go the way the audience expects, they'll think you're original. People laugh with pleasure at the obvious.

Keith Johnstone

#13. Mr. Tulkinghorn is always the same, speechless repository of noble confidences, so oddly out of place and yet so perfectly at home.

Charles Dickens

#14. Jockey Wilson, he comes from the valleys and he's chuffing like a choo-choo train!

Sid Waddell