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Fuck off with your sofa units and strine green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.


Chuck Palahniuk

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TYLER DURDEN I say let me never be complete, I say may I never be content,I say deliver me from Swedish furniture...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK People who say, "Let the chips fall where they may," usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.
BERN WILLIAMS People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by ...
BERNARD WILLIAMS My thing is, everything I do, I leave it out there and let the chips fall where they may.
CALVIN JOHNSON If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter...
TROY I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall w...
LEONARD NIMOY That's what I want to invoke on them. This is bigger than them and it is sport and it's a chain of e...
RICK SAY They looked at the videotape because of Kali, but I guess they liked the other boys. Same thing happ...
WENDELL SAY Roses may say “I love you,” but the cactus says “Fuck off.
JAROD KINTZ I let the cast improvise a lot, especially with the slang, where they would say 'g and t' for gin an...
WOODY ALLEN When God said "Let there be light" Chuck Norris said "Say Please."
CHUCK NORRIS The truth is that you may mess up a bit. Don’t panic. Relax and remember to give your best and let...
STALINA GOODWIN The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let themdo it, and not s...
J. D. SALINGER We'll come out hard and let the chips fall where they may. There is no quit in our guys.
DAVE PUGLIESE I've learned that, in many cases, people say, 'I want ground truth,' and they don't ...
JOHN F. KELLY I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, '...
NAOMI CAMPBELL Don’t let the situation say stop to your true purpose;say stop to the situation. Situations are si...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The Lord is your shepherd; don’t ever say “I am lost”. He leads you to green pastures; don’t...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and round...All the kids tried to grap for the...
J.D. SALINGER I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.
HOWARD BARKER I think Shep Smith is probably the premier anchor/journalist of my generation. He's terrific, an...
DAVID SHUSTER May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Do not let one hand say to another, 'Stop, for I have already given'
JUDY AZAR LEBLANC I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I st...
FELICIA DAY In a regional championship, anything can happen. You've just got to come out, play your game, get af...
ERIC BRYAN I say, let us think. Let each one express his thought. Let us become investigators, not followers, n...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL May I never be complete.
May I never be content.
May I never be perfect.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK I'm not sure they have what they think they have. It may or may not be Randy's first touchdown ball....
DANTE DITRAPANO I think his modus operandi has evolved into, you can just try to do the best you can every single da...
LARRY BLOOM People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.
GORDIE HOWE I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say.
COLIN TREVORROW I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.
CHERYL STRAYED Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he ...
BRAD PITT Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he ...
BRAD PITT Let the chips fall where they may and hopefully we could benefit from that. We have great kids here....
LARRY FINUCANE Reading and writing dangerous books lets me be who I can't be and say what I can't say in everyday l...
CARLA H. KRUEGER dont let anyone break your heart i say you should break there heart before they break yours
DALLY SALAD Let your heart say “I Love You”? It should be the most spoken affirmation of the day… I love y...
ROXANA JONES I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly.
SARAH JESSICA PARKER He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they may.
ROSCOE CONKLING Mama is my chance to be Chris Rock. She says things I would never say. I let her push the envelope.
VICKI LAWRENCE If an injustice requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Le...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Is it romantic or psychotic when I say I'll never let you leave me?
R.K. LILLEY I don't want to say it's a process not being followed. What I'd say is there may be instances where ...
JOE DONZELLI They say never meet your heroes. But the addendum to that is 'unless they're Harrison Ford.&...
RYAN GOSLING Let them say what they will, 'cause they will anyhow. Let them say what they will, 'cause they will ...
TEGAN QUIN I stare at your lips
and fall in love with the way
they form what you say.
TYLER KNOTT GREGSON I don't-" I shake my head. (...)
"What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of ...
NED VIZZINI I agree mainland China's situation is different. The Vatican may make concessions and let China give...
CARDINAL ZEN Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. T...
STEVEN PINKER O Lord my God, tell me what you are to me. Say to my soul, I am your salvation. Say it so tha...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Let none say, I will not drinke water.
GEORGE HERBERT Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me w...
TERRY BROOKS I've had some shows where I really plan out what I'm going to say. Then I've had other s...
DIERKS BENTLEY I thought I owed it to him. You gotta say, 'Hey, let me hear your last words.
JOE HANLEY Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, the...
TINA FEY Eventually, when I sell enough units, as they say in the record business, I will stop touring. I'...
AL JOURGENSEN Peter...” She let her head fall back against the seat and sighed. “Let’s not go there.”
MICHEL FABER With great assurance I can name one perfect being_ your girlfriend... And you say no one is perfect?
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL I say let's not gamble with American jobs and America's future.
JOHN GLENN I must not say that she was true, Yet let me say that she was fair; And they, that lovely face...
MATTHEW ARNOLD He'd be challenged when he was out. I would let it roll off. Lawrence would respond differently. He ...
TONY BANKS I'm very ticklish. They say being tickled is a form of torture.
MELISSA SAGEMILLER As a child I had been taught to say my prayers at the start of every day, and so it did not seem an ...
JOHN MASTERS I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly...
SARAH JESSICA PARKER I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of pers...
ALEX KINGSTON You see things and say: Why? But I dream things that never where; and I say: Why not?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
BRIGHAM YOUNG It's very hard to go into a perfect stranger's residence and say 'How are you doing today. Let me ch...
JAMES SHORE They say the people most affected by the credit crunch are pensioners - well, let go of the handbag ...
JIMMY CARR Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
BIBLE Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So ...
ANDY WARHOL If you can't say "Fuck" you can't say, "Fuck the government.
LENNY BRUCE We have been shut out since last year, and haven't done much to change people's minds until now. It'...
JOE ZAPPALA No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small acco...
SAINT PATRICK People say, 'You look so great for your age,' and I say, 'OK, you can leave off the '...
CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto hi...
BIBLE Deliver me from Swedish furniture.
Deliver me from clever art...
...May I never be complete....
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Everything has yet to be invented. I never say 'green' - I say 'greener.' It's g...
YVES BEHAR It was nice to get a win, but we're nowhere near where we need to be at the end of the year. It's a ...
BRIAN WOJTUN Behind him, he heard Ronan say, "I like the way you losers thought Instagram before first aid. Fuck ...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER But we're not sleeping," he points out.
"well, I would be," I say, "if you would let me off the...
LAUREN BARNHOLDT Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books ...
DR. SEUSS I would say I am viewed as the oldest teenager in my family because they say I never grow old. I mea...
BETTY WRIGHT If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare ...
THOMAS CARLYLE I am worn out with civility. I have been talking incessantly all night, and with nothing to say. But...
JANE AUSTEN They say, timing is everything. But then they say, there is never a perfect time for anything.
ANTHONY LICCIONE Well, first of all, let me say that - let me remind your viewers that I am recused from this investi...
ALBERTO GONZALES War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN I say scrap the IRS. Let's start all over again.
JONI ERNST I don't want anybody to ever say we let the facility go.
DAN LOSEY they say every man needs protection, they say every man must fall.
yet I swear I see my reflect...
BOB DYLAN They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so...
CHARLOTTE RAE I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand
LOUIS ARMSTRONG They say it's good to let your grudges go, but I don't know, I'm quite fond of my grudge. I tend it ...
LIANE MORIARTY The best way to say "I LOVE YOU" is to forgive and let go.
NELINA JUNE ORBE RILLOMA Do I believe in reincarnation? Well, let's say that I believe in karma. I think you make your ow...
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not d...
HAROLD H. GREENE No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small acco...
SAINT PATRICK

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CHUCK PALAHNIUK Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have ...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things th...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK With a gun stuck in your mouth and the barrel of the gun between your teeth, you can only talk in vo...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK The things you own end up owning you.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depre...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK We just had a near-life experience!
CHUCK PALAHNIUK This is why I loved the support groups so much. If people thought you were dying, they gave you thei...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you could be God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfec...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Masochism is a valuable job skill.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Which is worse: Hell or nothing?
CHUCK PALAHNIUK People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distrac...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sof...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Real discoveries come from chaos.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK The future is just wasted on some people.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK You can find fresh pain every time you discover what you pretty much already know.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you don’t know what you want, you end up with a lot you don’t
CHUCK PALAHNIUK There’s always the chance you could die right in the middle of your life story
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Us. God's forgotten Science Fair project, left to grow mold. God's goldfish, ignored until we're for...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK As if you cut open a rag doll with a sill name, and found inside:Real intestines, real lungs, a beat...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK You are not special. Your are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK I tell everybody, i'm tired of being jerked around, okay? so lets just not pretend. i don't have fuc...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom. without access to true chaos, we'...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK