Said Quotes · Page 54

[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; whichwould…

— Thomas Jefferson

What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what…

— Terry Pratchett

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, "I don't care where the water goes if…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the…

— Flann O'Brien

I do believe in the Bible as the final word of God. And I do believe that God said the Earth would…

— John Shimkus

Very few of our race can be said to be yet finished men. We still carry sticking to us some remains of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is more to living than not dying," he said. "Look at the way you live Will. You burn as bright as…

— Cassandra Clare

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.

— Jimmy Piersall

Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still…

— Sarah Dessen

After we did [All In The Family], that ended up being a real love fest all around. Me and Norman, Norman [Lear]…

— Richard Masur

It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not…

— Lord Chesterfield

I want a tutor,” Layla said. “It would make doing homework so much easier.” “Me too,” said Kaitlyn. “If Layla gets one,…

— Claire LaZebnik

I always think about Katharine Graham - she was the publisher of The Washington Post. In her autobiography she talks about the…

— Owen Wilson

The thing that made Groucho special was the way he used his body parts. He also had a wicked tongue. People didn't…

— Sidney Sheldon

It has been said that true religion will make a man a more thorough gentleman than all the courts in Europe. And…

— Charles Kingsley

I don't know if it's how I speak or what it is about me that presents that sort of label, but I…

— Jeff Garcia

My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and…

— Henry David Thoreau

I think my parents were worried when I said I wanted to be an actress, but they also understood what that feeling…

— Ruby Bentall

They say: sufferings are misfortunes," said Pierre. 'But if at once this minute, I was asked, would I remain what I was…

— Leo Tolstoy

You should totally get implants," she said admiringly in the mirror. I shake my head. "I don't yet know what I'm going…

— Emma McLaughlin

I said to the president's wife, Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is…

— Eartha Kitt

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always:…

— Nicolas Chamfort

Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?

— Madeleine L'Engle

Lipstick on your collar said you were untrue. Bet your bottom dollar, you and I are through.

— Connie Francis

I couldn’t miss Percy’s fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. “Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!” "That’s true,” Paul…

— Rick Riordan