“If Henry James were still with us, he'd not only approve of Paris, He Said, he could have written it himself, though without his serpentine syntax. It's a delicious treat, studded with wise and beautifully observed detail, that places side by side those perpetually fascinating antagonists, the eager, casual American and the meticulous, pleasure-driven French. Christine Sneed knows everyone's intimate secrets and her book is lively, amusing, and, ultimately, kind to pretty much all of them.” IfsKnowsKindSaidStillsBookSidesPleasureSecretWiseWrittenTreatsDetailsDrivenParisIntimateFascinatingDeliciousCasualAmusingLivelyAntagonistSyntaxMeticulousChristine Author:Rosellen Brown
“Whoever said "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", has never driven a car there.” SaidCarDrivenRome Author:Lev L. Spiro
“Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse.” MenSaidWeaknessHorseDrivenNoiseLoudLameOrators Author:Plutarch
“Allah said, 'A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.'” WorldSaidDesireEnemyLandThis WorldKillingDrivenViolentProphetGoodsManifestCollectingMuhammadSlaughterCaptivesRansom Author:Ibn Ishaq
“I don't like [the pressure] that people put on me, on women, that you've failed yourself as a female because you haven't procreated. This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.” PeopleWantSaidMotherCareersHavensFemalePressureFocusedDrivenSelfish Author:Jennifer Aniston