Brookmeyer Skylark Quotes & Sayings

When moms and dads put their kids in acting class, good luck. Because you're just filling them with stuff they don't need yet. — Anna Chlumsky

You know, life is not one in which you just get to choose the things every day that come easily to you. And it's also true - and this is the self-esteem problem - you learn that there are people who are better at things than you are. — Condoleezza Rice

I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body. — Dick Dale

Strange that mankind should ever have used the mushroom. All the various species of this substance are of a leathery consistence, and contain but little nutriment. The condiments or seasonings which are added are what are chiefly prized. Without these, we should almost as soon eat saw dust as mushrooms. — William Alcott

It always shocked me how you could understand so many things and be such a complete idiot about so many others. — Jim Butcher

I was on the stairs coming down when she let him in. — Lizzie Andrew Borden

There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em. — Harper Lee

There is not a philosophical method, though there are indeed methods, like different therapies. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness. — Rosie O'Donnell

A frightening thought had been growing in me. I'd always assumed that I was the central character in my own story but now it occurred to me that I might in fact be only a minor character in someone else's. — Russell Hoban

20 Now because of this King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven. — Anonymous

His power sings to your blood. I witnessed your reaction to him just now. He'll be a king in a few years ... And you'll be his queen. — Kenya Wright

I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black - who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about. — Tim Scott

My own wild desire to protect my joy at all costs is the exact force that kills my joy. Flames need oxygen to light, Flames need a bit of wind. — Ann Voskamp

Cirocco liked space, reading, and sex, not necessarily in that order. She had never been able to satisfactorily combine all three, but two was not bad. — John Varley