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Odd Man Quotes (page 2)

Can you cook?"No."Drawing her brows together, she grabbed both of his ears and drew his head up. "Not at all? That's remarkably chauvinistic for a man whose policies primarily reflect the feminist viewpoint."Alan lifted a brow. "I don't expect you to be able to cook either." Amusement shot into his eyes. "Can you?"Shelby struggled with a grin. "Barely."I find that odd for someone with your appetite."I eat out a lot. Nora Roberts
Cormac McCarthy quote: "If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't..."
If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't got aught but his mind to know it with. Cormac McCarthy
The Senator did not know who owned the jet, nor had he ever met Mr. Trudeau, which in most cultures would seem odd since Rudd had taken so much money from the man. But in Washington, money arrives through a myriad of strange and nebulous conduits. Often those taking it have only a vague idea of where it's coming from; often they have no clue. In most democracies, the transference of so much cash would be considered outright corruption, but in Washington the corruption has been legalized.... John Grisham
...if anyone bothered to search through the laurel bordering the asphalt he'd surely find handfuls of teeth that were said to give the laurel its odd milky color, ivory with a pale pink edge, each blossom forming the shape of a bitter man's mouth. Alice Hoffman
David Eddings quote: "Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire..."
Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire life? David Eddings
She had recently come to think that in such unhappy times-when the odds were so high against personal happiness-to find love was miraculous, and to fulfill it as best as two people could was what really mattered. Was it more important to insist a man's religious beliefs be exactly hers, or that the two of them have in common ideals, a desire to keep love in their lives, and to preserve in every possible way what was best in themselves? The less difference among people, the better; thus she... Bernard Malamud
A block or two west of the new City of Man in Turtle Bay there is an old willow tree that presides over an interior garden. It is a battered tree, long suffering and much climbed, held together by strands of wire but beloved of those who know it. In a way it symbolizes the city: life under difficulties, growth against odds, sap-rise in the midst of concrete, and the steady reaching for the sun. Whenever I look at it nowadays, and feel the cold shadow of the planes, I think: "This must be... E. B. White
Jean-Paul Sartre quote: "it was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as..."
it was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else. Jean-Paul Sartre
From his shoulder on down, the Rat felt the supple weight of her body. An odd sensation, that weight. This being that could love a man, bear children, grow old, and die; to think one whole existence was in this weight. Haruki Murakami
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. Benjamin Disraeli
And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud's view of man. Chaim Potok
Steven Wright quote: "In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the..."
In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number. Steven Wright
Michael Parkinson quote: "Anybody who's been married to a man for forty odd years knows..."
Anybody who's been married to a man for forty odd years knows he's all talk. Michael Parkinson
In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already. John Corbett
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the..."
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? Thomas B. Macaulay

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