“I desperately wanted to give him something. By contrast, taking seemed so bland, so facile, so mechanical.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
Customer research produces bland products. We're producing a piece of art. — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Now is the time to act or get stuck with a bland, boring, career politician who will lose to Barack Obama. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
“Sicarius had the personality of a particularly bland, pointy stick.” — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write energetic, atypical sentences, i.e., sentences that were not normal or bland. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Worse than blind leaders of the blind are bland leaders of the bland. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The boy may wrestle, when Night--working Fancy steals him to the arms Of nymph oft wish'd awake, and, 'mid the rage Of… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
Salad can get a bad rap. People think of bland and watery iceberg lettuce, but in fact, salads are an art form,… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
It'll be interesting to see if I ever have to play a typical, bland romantic interest. I'm quirky, and playing it kind… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland... An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
“When you close the book, does the story end? No! That's such a bland way to read. Every story goes on forever… — Mizuki Nomura Copy Share Image
Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
In a world of disturbing images, the general body of photography is bland, dealing complacently with nature and treating our preconceptions as… — Henry Holmes Smith Copy Share Image
Desire is insatiable not because the goods of the world are too few, too uniform, or too bland. Desire burns through the… — Wendy Farley Copy Share Image
Every fairy tale, it seems, concludes with the bland phrase "happily ever after." Yet every couple I have ever known would agree… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
If Fobbit leaves a reader feeling stranded in some bland in-between territory, then I haven't done my job. But having said all… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
Nice writing isn't enough. It isn't enough to have smooth and pretty language. You have to surprise the reader frequently, you can't… — Anne Bernays Copy Share Image
Gareth turned to Gregory. “Your sister will be safe with me,” he said. “I give you my vow.” “Oh, I have no… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
O sleep! O sleep! Do not forget me. Sometimes come and sweep, Now I have nothing left, thy healing hand Over the… — Jean Ingelow Copy Share Image
I really like people who can do both drama and comedy and not some like middle of the road do both drama… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
The turkeys that most Americans eat for Thanksgiving are turkeys - losers that are mass produced and bland. — Marian Burros Copy Share Image
I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough. — Jeremy Jackson Copy Share Image
“English was such a strange language - expressive in so may way, but so bland in others.” — Farahad Zama Copy Share Image
“This date had started as bland and was speeding right along to abysmal.” — Katherine McIntyre Copy Share Image
Cruel, but composed and bland, Dumb, inscrutable and grand, So Tiberius might have sat, Had Tiberius been a cat. — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
I could wear makeup today, and one person would say it looks bland, another would say it looks fake, and another might… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Why is the forecast so bland? Why instead of 'stormy' don't they just say the sea's 'a frothing maelstrom of terror and… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
For a couple of days after chemotherapy, food tastes really bland, even the best foods. I haven't been sick, but have been… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is such a… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
