Bhaktivedanta Manor Quotes & Sayings

If you're built like a freight train, you can't drive around like a Volkswagen. — Clark Gillies

Many things which nature makes difficult become easy to the man who uses his brains. — Hannibal

You go into the office and take a book or two from the shelves. You read a few lines, like your life depended on reading 'em right. But you know your life doesn't depend on anything that makes sense, and you wonder where in the hell you got the idea it did; and you begin to get sore. — Jim Thompson

When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them. — Paul Merton

In fact, she [Pamela Flitton] seemed to prefer 'older men' on the whole, possibly because of their potentiality for deeper suffering. Young men might superficially transcend their seniors in this respect, but they probably showed less endurance in sustaining that state, while, once pinioned, the middle-aged could be made to writhe almost indefinitely. — Anthony Powell

I always focus on myself in what I want, where I want to go, who I want to reach, which message I want to put out, how I want to dress. — Thalia

We praise people who never let on they are suffering. — Emily P. Freeman

A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing. — Barbara Johnson

The low point for neon came in 1982, when Holiday Inn did away with its signature 'Great Sign,' replacing the neon extravaganza with a forgettable green plastic box. — Virginia Postrel

Every weakness exposes flesh, and flesh invites a knife. — Victoria Schwab

The origin of the labor movement lies in self-defense ... — Mary Ritter Beard