Abele Greenhouse Quotes & Sayings

When asked what I'd be if I weren't a writer, I'm tempted to respond with one of father's favorite phrases, one I despised while growing up: "I hate 'what-ifs.'" — Cate Marvin

When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have. — Manny Mota

It's a violent world we live in. I don't agree with trying to hide that or cover it up. — Brad Pitt

So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and care-free vacations. You leave worrying about where to get diapers, milk, and Cheerios. — Scott Simon

Take me inside. Show me if a fireman knows how to start a fire. — Vonnie Davis

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy. — John D. Rockefeller

My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest and say what I think and mean what I say. — Charlie Bell

In endeavor itself there is a certain dynamic entertainment, affording an illusion of useful purpose. With achievement the illusion is dispelled. Man's greatest accomplishment is to produce change. The only good in life is study, because study is an endeavor that never reaches fulfillment. It busies a man to the end of his days, and it aims at the only true reality in all this world of shams and deceits. — Rafael Sabatini

You can't always say what you'd like to say. — Sebastian Vettel

I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense. — Norman MacCaig

Paradise is the here and now, the actual, tangible, dogmatically real Earth on which we stand. Yes, God bless America, the Earth upon which we stand. — Edward Abbey

May it be to the world ... to assume the blessings and security of self-government. — Thomas Jefferson