Blanaid Salkeld Quotes & Sayings

It is utterly naive, futile, uninformed - to think that our species is exceptional. So designated to master the beasts of the Earth, as in the Book of Genesis! — Joyce Carol Oates

It shocks me how easily people believe the worst, how quick they are to point fingers and lay blame, and, sadly, how silent when at last they learn the truth — Caroline Pignat

Humility, if it comes at all, almost always comes too late. — Stephen R. Lawhead

I have been a figure skater for so long that when I stopped that competitive day-to-day grind, I didn't know what to do with myself. I don't know how the world works outside of being barked at by a Ukrainian woman and watching my weight. — Johnny Weir

Present-day civilization is suffering from a lack of moral courage. So many people are in the inglorious business of keeping — Dean Merrill

A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past. — Elizabeth I

I'm sorry about your Porsche." "I can replace the Porsche. I can't replace you. You need to be more careful." I was just sitting in your car!" Babe, you're a magnet for disaster. — Janet Evanovich

The next step is the path you're on. — Veda Hille

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be. — James Baldwin

In some cases, people with a body (whose size) they did not long for are victims of having a bank balance (whose size) they longed for. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Opentoe College had some sort of evangelical mission that involved perpetual kindness and hopelessly outdated uniforms. The Harpooners hated them for it. It was unspeakably infuriating that the one school in the UMSCAC that spent less money on its baseball program than Westish always managed to kick their ass. The Opentoe players never talked even the mildest forms of smack. If you worked a walk, the first baseman would say, "Good eye." If you ripped a three-run triple, the third baseman would say, "Nice rip." They smiled when they were behind, and when they were ahead they looked pensive and slightly sad. Their team name was the Holy Poets. — Chad Harbach

Failure is success in abeyance; but only for those who persevere. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Most of the women placed in the fire department here in New York never passed the physical test. And a fat guy or a short guy, or anybody not passing the test in a life-or-death job, leads to friction. — Denis Leary