#mis

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand. ↗

— James Payn

#anyone #be careful #careful #catastrophe #good

Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one. ↗

— Walter Payton

#remember #tomorrow

One of the things I'm always proud of is 'Promises made, promises kept.' I've never ever not done what I've said I'm going to do. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#done #ever #going #i #kept

Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart? I've always been such a fan of his. So Elvis went up to speak to the Stewarts. ↗

— Minnie Pearl

#been #elvis #fan #general #go

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely. ↗

— Hesketh Pearson

#fact #in fact #learned #man #misquotation

America must be a light to the world, not just a missile. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#just #light #missile #must #world

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed. ↗

— Claude Pepper

#been #forgetting #lot #make #mistake

Digital imaging is as much about chemistry as it is about semiconductors. ↗

— Antonio Perez

#chemistry #digital #imaging #much #semiconductors

Every time you get on a stage or in front of a camera, the whole exercise is about imagination. You're constantly depicting something that doesn't exist, and trying to find the reality of it. Once you settle on that premise, everything else is a matter of degrees. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#camera #constantly #degrees #depicting #else

Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#birth #common good #disputed #fairy #form