Chavis Parker Quotes & Sayings

A lie is the abandonment and, as it were, the annihilation of the dignity by man. — Immanuel Kant

I came home and found that my son was taking drugs - my very best ones too! — Bob Monkhouse

People sleep peacefully in their beds at night, because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

(By George Orwell) Describing your country's servicemen. — Steven Preece

Of Adam and Eve: They had what they wanted. That they did not like it when they got it does not alter the fact that they certainly got it. — Charles Williams

A simple life is its own reward. — George Santayana

She felt so lost and lonely. One last chile in walnut sauce left on the platter after a fancy dinner couldn't feel any worse than she did. How many times had she eaten one of those treats, standing by herself in the kitchen, rather than let it be thrown away. When nobody eats the last chile on the plate, it's usually because none of them wants to look like a glutton, so even though they'd really like to devour it, they don't have the nerve to take it. It was as if they were rejecting that stuffed pepper, which contains every imaginable flavor; sweet as candied citron, juicy as pomegranate, with the bit of pepper and the subtlety of walnuts, that marvelous chile in the walnut sauce. Within it lies the secret of love, but it will never be penetrated, and all because it wouldn't feel proper. — Laura Esquivel

In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before. — Frank Dane