Chiffoniers Quotes & Sayings

We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people. — James Lee Burke

I handed the test in five minutes before the end of the day. Mrs. Baker took it calmly, then reached into her bottom drawer for an enormous red pen with a wide felt tip. "Stand here and we'll see how you've done," she said, which is sort of like a dentist handing you a mirror and saying, "Sit here and watch while I drill a hole in your tooth. — Gary D. Schmidt

To take a stand for the future is to bring forth an opportunity not borne of the path we've taken in the past, but borne of a vision which we would create for ourselves. — Werner Erhard

You can make the best show in the world, but if people don't actually turn it on and see it, they'll never know it's the best show. — Miranda Otto

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age. — Koichi Tanaka

Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi? — Charles Rangel

We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn. — Mahatma Gandhi

You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.' — Trevor Phillips

Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story. — Donald Miller

When the late Bishop was appointed, about thirty-two years ago, to diffuse the light of the Gospel through this extensive portion of His Majesty's dominions, it was even a greater spiritual, than a natural wilderness. — John Strachan

I'm such a huge advocate for strong, intelligent representation of women in the media. — Emma Ishta

I hated all this: the mystery of myself. — Rebekkah Ford