Almanackip Quotes & Sayings

Every one of us is a walking set of contradictions. The great among us are no different, except that their contradictions tend to run to extremes. — Jeffrey S. Young

Now, when you sit, your blood sort of sits along with you. It don't go rushing around your brain no more. Consequently, it takes that much more time to get rid of some sad idea in your mind. The process is slowed considerable. Whereas if you hurry your blood up some ... There is a sizable amount of people could benefit from what I know. — Anne Tyler

Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property. — Vanilla Ice

I'm not collegial, I don't hang out. I'm soloist, I like my solitude, I don't really hang around with comedians. — George Carlin

Some countries were able to turn their manufacturing operations into advanced technology areas. South Korea is a great example of this, and manufacturing there is done using advanced technological methods. — Stef Wertheimer

You're not falling for me, are you, Irish?
-Adam to Gabrielle — Karen Marie Moning

A few years ago, before I stopped drinking, I was feeling very sorry for myself and very drunk, and I Googled 'Moby Sucks'. In less than one second something like 20 million responses came up ... yeah, there has been a lot of loathing directed towards me, and it used to drive me crazy. — Moby

One day comes, One day goes, Some stuff stays the same, Some stuff changes. — Lindsey Johnson

Girls don't poop, so don't claim you do. You can fart - because farting is funny - but we don't want to know that you poop. — Ryan Hansen

You always see people coming back to the sport, and I've always thought, 'Gosh, when you're done playing, wouldn't you just want to stay at home?' — Lindsay Davenport

For many of us prayer means nothing more than speaking with God. And since it usually seems to be a quite one-sided affair, prayer simply means talking to God. This idea is enough to create great frustrations. If I present a problem, I expect a solution; if I formulate a question, I expect an answer; if I ask for guidance, I expect a response. And when it seems, increasingly, that I am talking into the dark, it is not so strange that I soon begin to suspect that my dialogue with God is in fact a monologue. Then I may begin to ask myself: To whom am I really speaking, God or myself? — Henri J.M. Nouwen

Dwelling-place and food are useful for life but give it no significance: the immediate goals of the housekeeper are only means, not true ends. — Simone De Beauvoir

Gwen," he said in acknowledgement.
"Your darkness-ship," she returned with a bow. — Kelly Creagh

The body remembers what your mind forgets. — Martha Manning