Christmas Tip Jar Quotes & Sayings

In 1957, a young lieutenant in the Swedish Air Force named Bjorn Nyberg decided, somewhat inexplicably, that the surest means to improve his command over the English language would be to author a sequel to the adventures of Conan. — Jon Peterson

As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is alive. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

I felt like my lungs weren't big enough to breathe her in, and my heart couldn't beat fast enough to love her the way I wanted to. — Jane Harvey-Berrick

Iraq is a strange country. Where else can American civilians like me be protected by terrorist human shields? — Michael Totten

Do extremely difficult work.
That seems obvious, right? If you do something that's valued but scarce because it's difficult, you're more likely to be in demand and to be compensated fairly for what you do.
The implication is stunning, though: When designing a project or developing a skill, seek out the most difficult parts to master and contribute. If it's easy, it's not for you. — Seth Godin

No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies. — Mark Twain

I done drew the line. Just like the Alamo. You're either on one side of the line or the other. I don't want to ever leave Texas again. — Bum Phillips

Lily liked the fog, and didn't even mind the cold wind. She reckoned that Ocean Beach, the dunes there, and the Sunset were the closest San Francisco was going to come to the foreboding, wind-swept moors of England, where she had aspired to suffer romance and heartache when she was a kid. The foghorn, however, rather than a lonesome lament that conjured images of Heathcliff's dark figure, waiting with clenched jaw on the moor for her to bring light and warmth into his life, sounded like a distressed moose tied up in her neighbor's garage, having his nut sack singed with jumper cables at a precise interval calculated to keep her from falling asleep. Which, in turn, made her think of what complete douche bags people could be when all you wanted to do was borrow a defibrillator. Then she was awake and angry. — Christopher Moore

I believed, when I entered this convent,
I was escaping from myself, but alas,
poor me, I brought myself with me! — Juana Ines De La Cruz

You don't run from the people who need you. You fight for them. You fight beside them. No matter the cost. No matter the risk. — Rick Yancey

You generally know when someone asks you to do something- am I more writing, or am I more editing? The editor is the best metaphor for your job. — Keith Rabois

One time when I was visiting The Vatican I got the Pope really drunk, and then while he was sleeping I put his hand in the holy water. — Greg Benson

The white right is trying to set Barack up to be assassinated ... There are Christians praying for God to kill Obama. — Louis Farrakhan