Assentation Thursday Quotes & Sayings

You get into trouble the way debutantes get into ball gowns. — Alyxandra Harvey

Gaza will become part of sovereign Israel and will be populated by Jews. This will also serve to ease the housing crisis in Israel — Moshe Feiglin

There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great. — Jon Secada

You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say. — Maud Hart Lovelace

I ended up getting drafted by the Colorado Rockies on June 8, 2010 and the next day, my dad passed away, in June 9, 2010. So I'm at the biggest high of my life on June 8th. And the next day, June 9th, he's gone. — Russell Wilson

We use only 10% of our brains ... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%! — Ellen DeGeneres

Then there are intelligence agencies in the US, which require billions of dollars worth of funds from the Congress and the government every year. This funding issue was not a big problem till the existence of the former Soviet Union but after that the budget of these agencies has been in danger. They needed an enemy. So, they first started propaganda against Usamah and Taleban and then this incident happened [11th September]. — Osama Bin Laden

Nothing I have will tempt you?" King Herla murmured.
Lin could only shake her head.
"Then perhaps I should offer myself," Herla said as he sank to his knees before her. "Wonderful girl, will you have me as your husband?"
"Oh, yes," Lin said. — Elizabeth Hoyt

If you insist on driving around in vintage cars with no seat belt on, try to time your crashes for the systole - blood-squeezed-out - portion of your heartbeat. — Mary Roach

Shera's Two Laws of Cataloging: Law #1, No cataloger will accept the work of any other cataloger. Law #2: No cataloger will accept his/her own work six months after the cataloging. — Jesse Shera

When you get rid of all the older people, you get rid of all the wisdom. — Terraine Francois

Flames curled out of all the windows next door. The rooftop beyond that was a lake of fire. Every building in sight was burning. The air was filled with crackling and popping sounds, with shrieks and screams coming from the street below. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Leaders ought never to allow the least motivated members of an organization to set the pace for the others. Rather, — Henry T. Blackaby