“Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“Dunbar loved shooting skeet because he hated every minute of it and the time passed so slowly. He had figured out that… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“that the old man should insist upon his son studying medicine and surgery, when every one knows he will inherit at least… — John William Polidori Copy Share Image
“It was a tale well known to children all over Africa: Abu Kassem, a miserly Baghdad merchant, had held on to his… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
I know I'm a grumpy old man, but I'm always more delighted by readers talking about the actual comics than people talking… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
He [Jesus] came to save all through himself; all, I say, who through him are reborn in God: infants, and children, and… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“You must teach her, eh? If you go down in battle and I have to take her into my lodge circle, I… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“Look at me," he said, glancing down at his legs. "A wretched old man in a red monkey suit. A convicted murderer… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“I say, did you hear me?" The old man shook a worn walking stick at the oak. "I said move it and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the lessons learned, unlearned; The young, who learned to read, now blind, Their eyes with an archaic film; The peasant relapses… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
“It was safe to say, standing as close to him as she was, that she was very aware of the rise of… — Jacquelyn Frank Copy Share Image
My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
“He wants to dream like a young man with the wisdom of a old man, he wants his home and securities, he… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
“The New Man is the most important things that is happening in the world today. The new man will have to find… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“I continue to stare, my eyes missing nothing, remembering the moments we just shared together. But in all that time she does… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Merda! Her lace panties had snagged on his ring, the signet ring he'd inherited from his father, Giacomo Casanova. His father had… — Kerrelyn Sparks Copy Share Image
“I’m not going to stand for it any longer," said Mr. Flood. "I’m going to put my foot down. All I want… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
“In life, growth is imminent. And, growth without change, is unthinkable. And, to make the unthinkable thinkable, new roads need to be… — Sandeep N. Tripathi Copy Share Image
“Ah, God, what an ugly city Ilium is! 'Ah, God,' says Bokonon, 'what an ugly city every city is!' Sleet was falling… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“[Dialogue between Solon and an Egyptian Priest] In the Egyptian Delta, at the head of which the river Nile divides, there is… — Plato Copy Share Image
Your son sees you hit his mother, grows up to hit women in his life as a man. You bounce from woman… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us… The old "manifest destiny" idea… — Francis John McConnell Copy Share Image
“My secret weapon is my anger. That's what stimulates me as an artist. I want change. I want it yesterday. I'm pissed… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image