Barracoons Wikipedia Quotes & Sayings

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne. Americans do not need to drink to inspire them to do anything, though they do sometimes, I think, need a little for the deeper and more delicate purpose of teaching them how to do nothing. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is decidedly not true that 'nice guys finish last'. — Leo Durocher

[My grandmother] was so humble of heart and so gentle that her tenderness for others and her disregard for herself and her own troubles blended in a smile which, unlike those seen on the majority of human faces, bore no trace of irony save for herself, while for all of us kisses seemed to spring from her eyes, which could not look upon those she loved without seeming to bestow upon them passionate caresses. — Marcel Proust

I've wanted to manage a long time and I've been moving in that direction. — Don Mattingly

Avoiding moments of disillusionment ...
I don't want dates on my calendar ...
If it comes to love.
I do not want to hear any more cute songs.
I do not want to see or send any flowers.
Tell love not to touch my door.
I'm not home.
And please don't come back tomorrow.
I'm on vacation, a vacation away from love.
Say goodbye for me.
Love knows my reasons ... — Jose N. Harris

Ideas have far-reaching consequences, and one must be ever so careful about what one allows to lodge in one's brain. — Eric Metaxas

One of the greatest source of danger in life is to find the right path and stand on it. If you find the right way, run on it, don't stand on it. Something may be coming from behind; it will surely crush you when you are static. — Israelmore Ayivor

Roger, listening intently, couldn't keep from asking a question at this point.
Is it true Colonel Stark said 'Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes?'
Lee coughed discreetly.
Well sir. I couldn't say for sure as no one said that, but I didn't hear it myself. Mind, I DID hear one colonel call out, 'Any whoreson fool wastes his powder afore the bastards are close enough to kill is gonna get his musket shoved up his arse butt-first! — Diana Gabaldon

She was reluctant at first, but when I screamed that she was ruining my life, she relented. I'd have to use that tactic more often. — J. Sterling

Fortunately, good policy, true principles, and effective leadership work whenever they are tried. When we reduce government, balance budgets, and keep taxes as low as possible, states respond in a positive way. — Brian Sandoval

What good is always being happy? Sadness hints at the possibility of a future reward. — Daniel Wallace

When will you be brave enough to recognize your success story? — Andrea T. Goeglein

I want to be your life. — Jodi Ellen Malpas

Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking. — Nelson A. Miles