Pays Quotes

570 Pays quotes by 484 unique authors

She who pays the undertaker calls the tune. — Margaret Atwood
Government money only pays for the "liberties" the government thinks you should have, and therefore it can determine how you exercise them. That turns liberties… — Jonah Goldberg
The Lesson You've Got to learn is the someday you'll someday stagger to, blinking in cold light, all tears shed, ready to poke your bovine… — Mary Karr
There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use. — E. M. Forster
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments. — Barbara Mertz
Sometimes it pays not to be interested in what happened but in what did not happen. — Ambeth R. Ocampo
A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle… — Anatole France
Your mama-akra sent that to you, akri, to hurt the heathen-god. Now it’s Dimonique time. The Simi can’t be bothered we no Greek god messing… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune — Sandra Brown
There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises.... If you write… — Toni Morrison
Real, sane, mature love—the kind that pays the mortgage year after year and picks up the kids after school—is not based on infatuation but on… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I have a flamthrower. (Zarek) You have a what? (Astrid) It pays to be prepared. (Zarek) Well. Those are nice for toasting marshmallows, but they’ll… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The mythology of your culture hums in your ears so constantly that no one pays the slightest bit of attention to it. Of course man… — Daniel Quinn
Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you… — Lauren Kate
Exhaustion pays no mind to age or beauty. Like rain and earthquakes and hail and floods. — Haruki Murakami
Nothing I like to do pays well. — Charles Portis
This position I've held ... it pays may way and it corrodes my soul. — Steven Morrissey
I am remarkably likeable. Few people have ever been as likeable as I am. There is, frankly, no end to my likeability. People gather together… — Neil Gaiman
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market.… — Tana French
Who owns a man, Durnik?” the blond young man asked sadly. “The one who rules him, or the one who pays him? — David Eddings
She doesn’t know,” Cate said. “Kellen is a secret. I didn’t think my mother would approve.” “Why wouldn’t your mother approve?” Pugg asked. “It’s my… — Janet Evanovich
Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair. — Irvin D. Yalom
Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a price for clarity. — Pierre Bourdieu
A Lannister always pays his debts. — George R. R. Martin
Plants grow most in the darkest hours preceding dawn; so do human souls. Nature always pays for a brave fight. Sometimes she pays in strengthened… — William George Jordan

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