Clemmers Quotes & Sayings

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

If Scotland and America go to war, I'm afraid I've already sworn in. — Craig Ferguson

Postal service of today is far removed from that of 30 years ago when reform was last enacted. — John M. McHugh

So, I think that for the authorities to say now that calling for sanctions will prevent dialogue is a ploy to stop us from supporting sanctions. It has to be the other way around: dialogue first, then we stop our call for sanctions, because sanctions make people understand that you cannot exercise repression and at the same time expect international support. — Aung San Suu Kyi

It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicious and that's all that matters. — Sonia Rykiel

No matter what you do, you cannot change what has already happened. — Paula Renaye

The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London and Dublin. — Gerry Adams

Beauvoir left their home wanting to call his wife and tell her how much he loved her, and then tell her what he believed in, and his fears and hopes and disappointments. To talk about something real and meaningful. He dialed his cell phone and got her. But the words got caught somewhere south of his throat. Instead he told her the weather had cleared, and she told him about the movie she'd rented. Then they both hung up. — Louise Penny

It's a miserable story!" said Bruno. "It begins miserably, and it ends miserablier. I think I shall cry. Sylvie, please lend me your handkerchief."
"I haven't got it with me," Sylvie whispered.
"Then I won't cry," said Bruno manfully. — Lewis Carroll

Diversity is really a richness for mankind. — Fabiola Gianotti

Saved from war by poor navigation? — Laini Taylor

The past was a worthless human ability that had evolved for the sole purpose of reminding mortals of their mistakes. — Tiffanie DeBartolo