Carusi Cherry Quotes & Sayings

I'd rather stay away from the limelight. Not because I'm trying to be a good boy and all that stuff. I just love quiet. — Cliff Floyd

It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality. — Jack Vance

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship. — Corazon Aquino

The act of writing if one is conscious of legibility is a wonderful discipline. Our minds, which roil like captured oceans, are forced to order themselves and to send coherent messages through our fingers...writing is like yoga or Thai Chi; it forces our bodies to obey our minds. — Edward St Paige

She's read every word I've written," he said. "That's the truest way to know someone's heart. — Adam Johnson

The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor. — Johnny Weissmuller

Do you know the way to San Hose? — Dionne Warwick

President Obama wants a climate deal and is willing to pay dearly to get it. — John Barrasso

As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly. — J. August Richards

The differences between the received wisdom, the standard version of events, and the facts on the ground may be subtle or they may be stark, even profound. — William Finnegan

Three quotes from the same column:
Self-reliance
"work"
is intimately connected to human dignity
"purpose."
"Work" and "purpose" are intimately connected: Researchers at the University of Michigan, for example, found that welfare payments make one unhappier than a modest income honestly earned and used to provide for one's family.
If you're wondering why every Big Government program assumes you're a feeble child, that's because a citizenry without "work and purpose" is ultimately incompatible with liberty. — Mark Steyn

You're alive ... That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you change the world, the world will change. Potential. Once you're dead, it's gone. Over. You've made what you've made, dreamed your dream, written your name. — Neil Gaiman

In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-worker's party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image. — Sloane Crosley

We are what we think. All that we are comes from our thoughts. Through thought we construct and destroy the world. Thought follows us like a cart follows the pair of oxen. We are what we think. Your imagination can cause you more harm than your worst enemy. But once you control your thoughts, no one can help you as much as they can - not even your father or mother. — Anonymous