Bombo Quotes & Sayings

I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take soft steps, not intrude too much. He's like a stately old cathedral to me now. — Patti Davis

He seemed particularly cheerio, you know," said the Hon. Freddy.
"Particularly what?" inquired the Lord High Steward.
"Cheerio, my lord," said Sir Wigmore, with a deprecatory bow.
"I do not know whether that is a dictionary word," said his lordship entering it upon his notes with a meticulous exactness, "but I take it to be synonymous with cheerful."
The Hon. Freddy, appealed to, said he thought he meant more than just cheerful, more merry and bright, you know.
"May we take it that he was in exceptionally lively spirits?" suggested Counsel.
"Take it in any spirit you like," muttered the witness, adding, more happily, "Take a peg of John Begg. — Dorothy L. Sayers

I'm interested in what's new. I'm interested in change. I'm interested in a different game in life. — Michael Ovitz

A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy. — Mahatma Gandhi

If you want to go to a far and difficult place, firstly send your mind to that far place, then your mind will meet with your body over there! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A chart of numbers that would put an actuary to sleep can be made to dance if you put it on one side of a card and Bombo Rivera's picture on the other. — Bill James

The most sad and dangerous people are the ones who are desperate to be like you. The people dress like you, try to talk like you. That's called a whitchcraft act. — Euginia Herlihy

Life alone is precious, but conscious thought is the greatest gift the universe offers. — Peter F. Hamilton

I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character. — Woodrow Wilson

Most fourth graders can't say why Abraham Lincoln is an important historical figure? Wow. This is far more distressing than if the news had been that fourth graders were bad at reciting multiplication tables, because you can, in fact, Google that. — Susan Orlean