Alarmnet Quotes & Sayings

Good; and what of him?
ALEXANDER
They say he is a very man per se,
And stands alone.
CRESSIDA
So do all men, unless they are drunk, sick, or have no
legs. — William Shakespeare

Once a person comes to rely on the government for support, that person becomes a socialist through and through. — James Cook

A vibrator can last all night, too, vampire! - Denise — Jeaniene Frost

The troops are therefore empowered and are in duty bound in this war to use without mitigation even against women and children any means that will lead to success. — Wilhelm Keitel

I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible. — Brittany Howard

Asked for your opinion on the prints, you have two choices: truth or tact. I ask for the bathroom. — Bill Jay

In a few years, you should be able to plug your American-made plug-in hybrid into the outlet in your garage, so that you never use a drop of gas on your daily commute. This won't happen overnight, but I promise you, it is closer than you think. — John F. Kerry

I had to feign interest in all this nonsense until I could ask when I could come over and sit on his face. I didn't say that out loud, of course. I never say the things I really want to. If I did, I'd have no friends. — Chelsea Handler

Life was a short window and there was no sense in doing the wrong thing over and over even if it was so difficult to stop. — Anna Godbersen

Lao-tzu didn't actually say very much more about the meaning of Tao. The Way of Nature, the Way of happening self-so, or, if you like, the very process of life, was something which he was much too wise to define. For to try to say anything definite about the Tao is like trying to eat your mouth: you can't get outside it to chew it. To put it the other way round: anything you can chew is not your mouth. — Alan W. Watts

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing. — Mike Krzyzewski

Perseverance is king. — Josh Billings

Weren't you scared?" I ask.
"Yes. But it was a good scared."
"There's a good kind?"
"Oh, yes." Her voice drops so low I have to strain to hear. "Orlin made me scared all the time. Scared I would starve. Scared I would get too cold. Scared he would hurt me again or get so mad he'd throw me to one of the men. That was nasty bad scared." She pauses, scuffing her boots against the floor. "But you never hit me, even though I'm your slave ... You always feed me. You call me my true name. Now when I'm scared, it's not because of meanness. And today, I chose my own scared. It's always a good scared, when you get to pick it your own self. — Rae Carson

What I tend to tell my students is, "When you look in the mirror and see a smart, angry girl who wants to be free, you're seeing a paradigm that Kathy [Acker] helped bring into the recognizable." — Sarah Schulman