Quotes from Sidney Sheldon

He was like a sponge, erasing the past, soaking up the future.

There was no one to see her off, no one for her to care about, no one who cared about her. That's not true, Tracy told herself.

A thousand times more crimes were commited in the name of love, than in the name of hate.

Nothing lasts forever. Nothing. How could everything have gone so wrong…so wrong…so wrong…

was not fond of Americans. He found them rude, materialistic and naïve.

It will be a honeymoon,Demiris told her.She got the honeymoon but not the wedding.

A man's shoes said something about his character. Jennifer looked for jurors who wore comfortable shoes, because they were inclined to be easy-going.

You must understand something, Mr Thompson. What I do has nothing to do with the money or the bricks and steel that make a building. It's the people who matter. I'm able to give them a comfortable place to work or to live, a place where they can raise families and have decent lives. That's what was important to my father, and it became important to me.

Men were handy to have around, when required. They were not particularly intelligent, but they could be taught to fetch and light cigarettes, run errands, open doors and give satisfaction in bed. They made excellent pets, dressed and bathed themselves and were toilet-trained. An amusing species.

There was an old Hungarian proverb: 'Only a fool rushes bad news.

She used a lot of makeup—thick, dark eyeliner, false eyelashes, colored eye shadow and bright lipstick. It was as though she were trying to hide her beauty.

There were some people you hated on sight, just as there were others you liked on sight.

Women are judged inferior until we prove ourselves, and men are judged superior until they prove what assholes they are.

I hope I didn't wake

Fate will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.

Cockney girl who was already beneath his tastes. He quit

Business is a game,' David told Kate, 'played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the

No man is an island. What happens to one, happens to us all, for we are all made of clay and stardust. We share the same moments of time. The universal second hand starts its unforgiving sweep toward the next minute:

Each day it was getting more and more difficult for an honest man to make a living.

we do not inherit the world from our parents; we borrow it from our children.

It's coming face to face with death that magnifies the values of life force..

there is magic, but you have to be the magician. you have to make the magic happen.

Two years later, when Lara sold out her real estate holdings, she had a certified cheque for three million dollars. She was twenty-one years old.

But remember, sonny, you can't con people unless they're greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can't cheat an honest man.