Fifty Quotes

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So what rhyming poems do is they take all these nearby sound curves and remind you that they first existed that way in your brain.… — Nicholson Baker
A man without hands came to the door to sell me a photograph of my house. Except for the chrome hooks, he was an ordinary-looking… — Raymond Carver
Psycho? The woman's senile. We had to stop at about thirty gas stations on the way over here. Finally I got tired of getting out… — John Kennedy Toole
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what… — Walter Scott
Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping. — John Grisham
Have you ever noticed that things that donâ€™t kill you make you weaker? And great minds donâ€™t think alike. If they did, the patent office… — Scott Adams
If they canâ€™t survive alone for four days once a year, they deserve to die. (Acheron) Thatâ€™s harsh, for you. (Dante) Harsh? Tell you what,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fifty percent of all doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class - Hope your surgery went well! — Simone Elkeles
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. — Phyllis Diller
...that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents. — Jhumpa Lahiri
They spent all week saving pennies and went out Saturdays to spend fifty bucks in three hours. — Jack Kerouac
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach… — Confucius
I didn't want to tell the story of what makes two people come together, although that's a theme of great power and universality. I wanted… — Diana Gabaldon
After the last shovel of dirt was patted in place, I sat down and let my mind drift back through the years. I thought of… — Wilson Rawls
Fifty dorcas theyâ€™re setting up an ambush near my ship. (Nykyrian) No bet. I know they are. Theyâ€™re too stupid to not be obvious and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
My high school guidance counselor, Mrs. Inverholl, once had me take an aptitude test to figure out my future. The number one job recommendation for… — Jodi Picoult
Goose neck is a delicacy. You have to at least try it. In fancy restaurants people pay up to fifty dollars a plate for this… — Janette Rallison
If I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Open a book this minute and start reading. Donâ€™t move until youâ€™ve reached page fifty. Until youâ€™ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with… — Carol Shields
I may have been dead for the past hundred and fifty years, Susannah,...but that doesn't mean I don't know how people say good night. And… — Meg Cabot

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