Carneys Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

Just after midnight, I text my parents who live in Florida: Please tell me you didn't help elect him.

No reply.

The next morning, New York City wakes up with a wet, gray yawn. The air is thick with mist. The city moves at a slower, muffled pace. New Yorkers rarely make eye contact; today isn't much different, except when eyes meet, they lock for a moment in shared grief. Everyone's shoulders bend forward, the world weighing heavier on them than it did yesterday.

The sidewalks and the coffee shops are quiet. Even the subway paces through its underground veins in somber silence. My husband tells me: "The city hasn't been this quiet since 9/11."

- Melissa Lirtsman — Erin Passons

Kings also sleep; but the clever ones, with one eye open, just like dolphins and whales. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

...what care I for words? Yet words do well
When he that speaks them pleases those that hear. — William Shakespeare

It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank - nor would it be appropriate - to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their decisions — Ben Bernanke

I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering. — Gautama Buddha

It appears easier to talk about protecting women than it is to fully include women at all decision-making levels in peace talks and post-conflict planning. — Zainab Salbi

No one sleeps in Hell except as a possible defensive posture in retaliation during yet another punitive presentation of The English Patient. — Chuck Palahniuk

In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference. — Nicky Gumbel

Smiles that are meant to hide something never last very long, especially when the smile is hiding guilt (pg. 183). — Amy Kathleen Ryan