Ardelle Schooner Quotes & Sayings

If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light. — Benjamin Franklin

Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis. — James A. Michener

Calmness is the cradle of power. — J.G. Holland

I took ten days off and by 11 o'clock on the first morning I had drunk fourteen cups of coffee, read all the newspapers and the Guardian and then ... and then what?
By lunchtime I was so bored that I decided to hang a few pictures. So I found a hammer, and later a man came to replaster the bits of wall I had demolished. Then I tried to fix the electric gates, which work only when there's an omega in the month. So I went down the drive with a spanner, and later another man came to put them back together again.
I was just about to start on the Aga, which had broken down on Christmas Eve, as they do, when my wife took me on one side by my earlobe and explained that builders do not, on the whole, spend their spare time writing, so writers should not build on their days off. It's expensive and it can be dangerous, she said. — Jeremy Clarkson

I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience. — Thurston Moore

If Eli really was a hero, and Victor meant to stop him, did that make him a villain?
He took a long sip of his drink, tipped his head back against the couch, and decided he could live with that. — Victoria Schwab

I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor. — Michael J. Fox

When I read a daring book or listen to rebellious music, I feel like I've found what freedom really means. — Carla H. Krueger

It's not hard to get a boyfriend or girlfriend...the hard part is finding one worthy of your time and effort. — Natalie De Clare

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead. — Jesse Jackson

When you are harried, browbeaten, cajoled, bullied, pursued, threatened, bribed and surveyed by the state and its agencies, you have little inclination left over for obedience: least of all obedience to what one judge called the unenforceable. You have already paid your dues to society. Society can now look after itself. In the small sphere left to you, you will do exactly what you please, without regard to anyone else. — Theodore Dalrymple

Let me say that I don't see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do. I share with most religious people a sense of mystery and wonder at the universe and I want to participate in religious ritual and practices because they're something that all humans can share. — Martin Rees

Tereza had gone back to sleep; he could not. He pictured her death. She was dead and having terrible nightmares; but because she was dead, he was unable to wake her from them. Yes, that is death: Tereza asleep, having terrible nightmares, and he unable to wake her. — Milan Kundera