#sayin

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#arrangement #choosing #composure #consists #few

The politician is an acrobat. He keeps his balance by saying the opposite of what he does. ↗

— Maurice Barres

#does #his #keeps #opposite #politician

It goes without saying that when you're the manager of a Premiership club, you go eight miles down the road and get beaten by a team two divisions below you, it's disappointing. ↗

— Kevin Keegan

#below #club #disappointing #divisions #down

I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything. You've got to know your place in the world.' ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#amount #anything #come #critical #culture

When someone is looking down, they're saying no. When they're looking up, they're looking to their brain for memory. When they look to the left, they're looking for a lie or something they memorized. When they look to the right, they're feeling sorry - they don't want to answer. ↗

— Duane Chapman

#brain #down #feeling #left #lie

Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal. ↗

— Will Ferrell

#flattering #hand #i #just #often

Foucault was the one person I met in France that I could talk to. He was a mensch. You know whether you agree with him or not because you know what he is saying. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#because #could #france #him #i

I don't know if my agent will be upset but I quoted him saying that he would jump out a window if I turn down another project. ↗

— Erika Christensen

#another #down #him #i #jump

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#best #doing #got #necessary #our

Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#around #before #book #doing #each