Clarrie Quotes & Sayings

They don't think much o'laughter, the rich,' Clarrie observed.
'Nor the powerful, for that matter. When did a teacher ever encourage her class to laugh?
When a maid giggles, chances are she'll get give the order of the boot.
And do you know why? Laughter puts folk down, that's why.
It makes the pompous look foolish and the proud trip and fall. — Katie Flynn

Memory is the mother of all wisdom. — Aeschylus

The world would be a better place if everyone traveled.
~Miss Clarrie — Donna Jo Napoli

Going from Army base to base as a kid taught me to be a man of all nations. I'd go to the Jewish people and say, 'Shalom, brother.' I go to the Muslim people and say, 'Salaam aleikum.'I go to the Chinese people and say, 'Nee hao mah,' which means, 'How you doin'?' I go to the Japanese people and say, 'Konnichiwa.' I go to San Antonio, Texas, and I get along with Mexicans. Then I go to Louisiana and hang with the Creoles. Moving around a lot made me a man of all people. — Shaquille O'Neal

She's a walkin', talkin' reason to live. — Bruce Springsteen

Some people think that it [Brexit] is the end of the world. It's not. On the contrary, it's a massive opportunity for this country. — Boris Johnson

The fight for joy in Christ is not a fight to soften the cushion of Western comforts. It is a fight for strength to live a life of self-sacrificing love. — John Piper