(1915 quotes found)
“No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.”
Fran Lebowitz
“There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.”
Vince Lombardi
“A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts”
Joshua Reynolds
“A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.)”
Dale Dauten
“There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.”
Alison Lurie
“Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the edge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.”
Marlene Dietrich
“There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.”
Jean Baudrillard
“There's always room for improvement, you know-it's the biggest room in the house.”
Louise Heath Leber
“Other voices, other rooms”
Truman Capote
“If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.”
Cameron Diaz
