Balmagowry Quotes & Sayings

I'm just a guy who rolls up his sleeves and goes to work! — Don Shula

George Bernard Shaw once said: "Capitalism has destroyed our
belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force."
When liberals make the argument that capitalism is the cause of all
of our problems, they are either speaking out of abject ignorance
or being totally disingenuous to protect their own political interests.
We have not had true free-market capitalism in this country on any
wide scale. Where we have had economic successes in this nation's
history, it has been those times when people have done something
outside of the government's involvement. Every single time the federal
government has been involved, it has created chaos, waste, and
corruption. The historical record is overwhelmingly one of gross
incompetence. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Lady Maccon wondered if she had ever been so foolish over Lord Maccon. Then she recalled that her affection generally took the form of threats and verbal barbs. She gave herself a pat on the back for avoiding sentimentality. — Gail Carriger

What are bashed neeps?"
"Neeps hackit with balmagowry. — Patrick O'Brian

Having made a few bicycles in factories, having written some thousands of rather senseless advertisements, having rubbed affectionately the legs of a few race horses, having tried blunderingly to love a few women and having written a few novels that did not satisfy me or anyone else, having done these few things, could I begin now to think of myself as tired out and done for? Because my own hands had for the most part served me so badly could I let them lie beside me in idleness? — Sherwood Anderson

The only true happiness lies in knowing who you are ... and making peace with it. — Laurell K. Hamilton

She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you'll know loss the rest of your life. — Junot Diaz

The hands really show signs of age. — Lela Rose

I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux. — Jessie Ware

North-South imbalances and the exploitation of men and raw materials, combined with the resignation of the peoples of the North, produce a much more devastating violence than that of armed groups, even if the latter are spectacular. — Tariq Ramadan

Put it back in the horse! — H. Allen Smith