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To The Point Quotes

Quotes tagged as "to-the-point" Showing 1-10 of 10
Stella Gibbons
“Haven't you enough money?'
For she knew that this is what is the matter with nearly everybody over twenty-five.”
Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm

Kristen Ashley
“Sweetheart, look at me" Hank whispered.
I looked at him, he moved inside me and it felt delicious.
"Ït starts now" he told me.
I moved with him, i wasn't really focusing on what he was saying, mainly because it was building again and i could feel it coming.
"What starts now?" i asked.
You and me".
He moved faster, pressed harder, went deeper.
Good god.
"What?" i asked dazedly.
"You and me", he said again”
Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Redemption

Shannon L. Alder
“They say instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of clichés, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising. However, who has not hung on a scripture, a quote, a statement, only to stumble upon the key phrase that brought all things to a turning point? The greatest sermons and speeches were pieced together by illuminating thoughts that powered men to surpass their own commonness. It is the sparkling magic of letters forming words, and those words colliding with passion, that makes statements into wisdom.”
Shannon L. Alder

Sigmund Freud
“I have, as it were, constructed a lay-figure for the purposes of a demonstration which I desired to be as rapid and as impressive as possible.”
Sigmund Freud, New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

Markus Zusak
“(My full name's Ed Kennedy. I'm nineteen. I'm an underage cab driver. I'm typical of many of the young men you see in this suburban outpost of the city- not a whole lot of prospects or possibility. That aside, I read more books than I should, and I'm decidedly crap at sex and doing my taxes.Nice to meet you.)”
Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

Eric Jerome Dickey
“Can I buy you a drink when you get off?"

"I don't drink. Alcohol is bad for my legs."

"Do they swell?"

"No, they spread.”
Eric Jerome Dickey, Dying for Revenge

Philip Caputo
“I don't care if your the President of the United States, the Queen of England, the inventor of the microchip, a bankable movie star, or an ordinary Joe or Jill, you're no paragon in my book, but the same as a zebra or gazelle - a source of protein. In fact, I'd rather hunt you, because you're slow and feeble.”
Philip Caputo, Ghosts of Tsavo: Stalking the Mystery Lions of East Africa

Stephen Asbury
“I’m sorry for writing you a four-page letter. I did not have time to write you a one-page letter.”
Stephen Asbury, Health & Safety, Environment and Quality Audits

Alain Bremond-Torrent
“Sometimes politeness can get in the way of simplicity.”
Alain Bremond-Torrent, "Darling, it's not only about sex"