Stale Quotes

167 Stale quotes by 144 unique authors

No guy in his right mind would ever choose me when there are people like Hana in the world: It would be like settling for… — Lauren Oliver
The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing. — Bruce Lee
She felt a stealing sense of fatigue as she walked; the sparkle had died out of her, and the taste of life was stale on… — Edith Wharton
I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Once I start work on a project, I don’t stop and I don’t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I don’t write every… — Stephen King
I don't know, now, when I first looked at Hella and found her stale, found her body uninteresting, her presence grating. It seemed to happen… — James A. Baldwin
Life, my dear Watson, is infinitely stranger than fiction; stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We could not conceive the things… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the cat. — Osbert Sitwell
The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk… — Al Pacino
Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale. — Vince Lombardi
Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us… — Melissa Scott
I play golf five days a week. I find that if I play seven days a week, I get stale. — Evel Knievel
With comedy, the jokes will come out, and people will see them coming. Changes in daily life or current events can change the consciousness of… — Robert Lopez
There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe,… — Barack Obama
An article can be timely, topical, engaged in the issues and personalities of the moment; it is likely to be stale within the month. In… — Cynthia Ozick
I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale. — Ted Naifeh
Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and… — Joanna Scott
We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired. We had worked… — John Bonham
Who authorised the spend of millions of pounds and thousands of man hours into a stale, historical situation from three decades ago - with virtually… — Jonathan King
In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years… — Michael Ritchie
A Deap Vally renaissance is going to begin next year and will be our focus for the start of 2013. They will blow the cobwebs… — Ben Lovett
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies. — William Shakespeare
Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his rationale is a fresh, somewhat bracing thought: If you know… — Unknown Author
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety, other women cloy. — William Shakespeare
When the days are cold And the cards all fold And the saints we see Are all made of gold When your dreams all fail… — Unknown Author

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