Bridie Quotes & Sayings

You have a manure pile of memories. Nothing you can do about that. Now, you can drown in the stink, or turn it into compost and grow a garden. — Rebecca O'Donnell

Never leave anything which can be traced, when you do have a choice. — John D. MacDonald

Maintain an attitude of anticipating success! — Tae Yun Kim

Want to read my most favorites books? They are Wildflowers, Bridie's Daughter, and Secrets! You'll be glad you did! — Robert Noonan

There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford. — Sydney Brenner

If they could cut off my head and put it onto another body that was, like, 20 years old, I would do that. — Melanie Griffith

Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity — Max Lucado

The National Organization of Women is the national organization of witches. — Jerry Falwell

Does it ever occur to you not to sleep with women?"
"No," Riley said. — Jennifer Crusie

Giving your book to Hollywood is like turning your daughter over to a pimp, — Tom Clancy

I'd known since girlhood that I wanted to be a book editor. By high school, I'd pore over the acknowledgments section of novels I loved, daydreaming that someday a brilliant talent might see me as the person who 'made her book possible' or 'enhanced every page with editorial wisdom and insight.' Could I be the Maxwell Perkins to some future Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wolfe? — Bridie Clark

The arm of flesh will fail you," Bridie's grandmother had been fond of reminding her, especially after she'd started dating, bringing home this one and that one, going on and on about them. "Love with all your heart, ... but don't look to anybody but the Lord to fill up your empty spots. There's never been a man born ... who can do that, and I don't care if he's the finest thing since store-bought pickles. — Linda Nichols

Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness of character. — James Bridie

Their cook at Badenoch was a crotchety old lady who hadn't tried a new recipe in decades. "Dinna tell Mrs. MacGuff that or she'll put a spider in your tea."
"Try it and tell me 'tis not worth the risk." He tore off a corner of the bridie and lifted the bite to Katherine's lips.
It fairly melted on her tongue. In addition to the crusty pasty, a unique mix of spices seasoned the savory meat inside, a burst of sensations for her mouth. "Och, you're right. This is worth braving a spider. I'll get Cook to show me how she makes these, and then Mrs. MacGuff will either learn from me or she'll have to suffer my presence in her kitchen from time to time. And we know how she loves that!"
"So," he said smugly, his dark eyes alight with triumph, "ye do intend to come home with me after Christmas, then. — Mia Marlowe

When you were born, just a fresh babe, and I held you in my arms for the first time, I knew that we had to call you Bridie, after the blessed St. Brigid. I knew because the moment I set eyes on you, I saw you had holy fire in you, exactly like our own St. Brigid. — Kirsty Murray

One of the liabilities of being a deep thinker, Wyatt mused, was that it left him vulnerable to existential crises. — Bridie Clark

I'd always loved the theater, and I began by writing plays. I work in the theater a lot in the UK, and I've worked in the theater out here quite a bit. Everything else - the films - followed as a consequence of that. — Lucinda Coxon

He's unreal. Even his flaws are great. — Bridie Hall

Eve and the apple was the first great step in experimental science. — James Bridie

Mind is madness. Only when you go beyond the mind, there will be meditation. — Jaggi Vasudev

No cat's going to listen to her lies when — Erin Hunter

I saw someone the other day with yellow on their eyelids, and it looked so fresh. But I thought if I did that I'd look like a clown. So I went and I bought some yellow eye shadow from M.A.C. and I noticed that when you mix it with water it works better. So I tried it, and I looked like Big Bird. I will never do that again. — Kelly Rowland

I have seen the downside of power. I know the darkness it can create in someone, and I don't want that life. — Bridie Blake

Real life? Well, I just hope mine isn't investigated. They might find that I don't really exist - that I'm just a hologram. — Steven Wright

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest! — Muhammad Ali

My fault? How the hell is this"
I waved my arm across the table
my fault?"
"You know we don't believe in hell, so stop using that word in our presence," Bridie said.
"Fine. How in fucked-up fairyland is this my fault? — Barbra Annino