Childes Quotes & Sayings

A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly. — Lemony Snicket

They'll come for you with everything they have." "And I will fight them with everything they taught me to be." A chill went down his spine. What they had taught Nykyrian to be was a predator of the first order of insanity. May the gods help them all. This was the one man who wouldn't go down without a costly head count. Nykyrian was the best they'd ever trained and The League had no idea exactly what it had created. But — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Your nightmares follow you like a shadow, forever. — Aleksandar Hemon

Rincewind had been generally reckoned by his tutors to be a natural wizard in the same way that fish are natural mountaineers. — Terry Pratchett

I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me. — Keke Palmer

The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it. — Bill Gates

It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope. — Arthur Baer

Trickster foxes appear in old stories gathered from countries and cultures all over the world
including Aesop's Fables from ancient Greece, the "Reynard" stories of medieval Europe, the "Giovannuzza" tales of Italy, the "Brer Fox" lore of the American South, and stories from diverse Native American traditions. — Terri Windling

I think anybody that is going to be taken seriously in [music] industry needs to produce their own original music. — Paul Oakenfold

It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college. — James S. Coleman

In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year. — Baron Hill

Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time. — Alan Alda

Lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems. — Oprah Winfrey

George Eastman, "My work is done why wait?" He then shot himself. — George Eastman

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin! — Horace Walpole