Clacking Jordan Quotes & Sayings

I appeal to the contemptible speech made lately by Sir Robert Peel to an applauding House of Commons. 'Orders of merit,' said he, 'were the proper rewards of the military' (the desolators of the world in all ages). 'Men of science are better left to the applause of their own hearts.' Most learned Legislator! Most liberal cotton-spinner! Was your title the proper reward of military prowess? Pity you hold not the dungeon-keys of an English Inquisition! Perhaps Science, like creeds, would flourish best under a little persecution. — John Joseph Griffin

The future ours for a while to hold, with its heaviness
and hope moving from one location to another
like the holy ghost that it is. — Tony Hoagland

All she wanted was for him to leave, yet all she wanted was for him to stay. — M.A. Larson

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life is indeed colourful. We can feel in the pink one day, with our bank balances comfortably in the black, and the grass seemingly no greener on the other side of the fence. Then out of the blue, something tiresome happens that makes us see red, turn ashen white, even purple with rage. Maybe controlling our varying emotions is just 'colour management' by another name. — Alex Morritt

To these Teachers of Zen; you want a zafu cushion? sit your zen ass on a bicycle
seat and peddle into hurricane wind for 8 hours at your max effort; there is your ENGAGED ZEN! — Steve Ilg

Save the Children is an awesome charity that has helped more than 125 million children around the world, providing everything from school books to food to blankets and shelter. — PewDiePie

I would like to have a home in the country that I could go to. First in this country and the other in the Mediterranean. — Maggie Gyllenhaal

My approach is I put God first; I say "God willing" all the time. The only way things will change is with God. So knowing that I can't really change anything, I'm just going to satire it. — Lupe Fiasco

When you are nothing but pessimistic you are the enabling force of impossibility. — Bryant McGill

I love the idea of a website/blog being a catalyst for propelling people out into the world, and I enjoy it most when people write me to say that their world looked or smelled or felt a little different because of something that I wrote. — Keri Smith

Hope can make people do terrible things. — Tahereh Mafi

Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post. — Donald Rumsfeld

One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans. — Boris Vian

He looked up. "Did you just leave them where they were?" Watkins nodded. "I thought we — Rhys Bowen