Cluny Quotes & Sayings

I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl. — Joyce Giraud

This is what amazes me: that people are new every day. That they are never the same. You must always invent them, and they must always invent themselves, too. — Lauren Oliver

She's a serial kisser. I think her parents are French. — C.C. Hunter

Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail. — Matthew Arnold

Football has limited success in Europe. — Chad Hurley

I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party. — Stephanie Beacham

To embrace a woman is to embrace a sack of manure ... — Odo Of Cluny

Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?"
Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Cluny's savage eye. "I will never bend my knee on my own behalf. However, if I thought I could save the life of one of my friends I would gladly fall down on both knees. But I know you, Cluny, better than you know yourself. There is not a scrap of pity or mercy in your heart, only a burning desire for vengeance. Therefore, I will not kneel to one who is consumed by evil. — Brian Jacques

What we really need, after all, is not to defend the Bible but to understand it. — Millar Burrows

is because you are kind and good, not a hard-hearted pitiless rat like Cluny. Please listen to me. Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others. You are brave, Matthias. Already you have done great things for one so young. I am only a simple country-bred fieldmouse, but even I can see the courage and leadership in you. A burning brand shows the way, and each day your flame grows brighter. — Brian Jacques

If we judged by realities we should give honor not to the rich for the fine clothes they wear but to the poor who are the makers of such things. — Odo Of Cluny

I never went to college - I barely got out of high school. — Dave Matthews

Thank God we don't know a lot about Shakespeare or Moses or Homer or Lautreamont. These are the best guys we got, and their art is powerful because they're mysterious. — Cass McCombs

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could. — Drew Lachey

She's mine. I'm hers. It's that simple. Truthfully, that's how it's always been. Neither of us are fighting anymore. — J.J. McAvoy

Friar Hugo, old friend, brace yourself. I am the bearer of tragic news!"
Alarm spread across Hugo's pudgy features. "Tell me, Jess. What dreadful thing has happened?"
Jess spoke haltingly in a broken voice. "I fear that Cluny has tore up one of your oldest and most venerable dishrags. Alas, Redwall will never see it wipe another plate. — Brian Jacques

The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder.
He struck for Redwall!
He struck against evil!
He struck for Martin!
He struck for Log-a-Log and his shrews!
He struck for dead Guosim!
He struck as Methuselah would have wanted him to!
He struck against Cluny the Scourge and tyranny!
He struck out against Captain Snow's ridicule!
He struck for the world of light and freedom!
He struck until his paws ached and the sword fell from them! — Brian Jacques

When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there was a certain amount of 'Who am I? Am I a criminal?' and so on. It took me a long time to come to terms with myself. Those were painful years - painful then and painful to look back on. — Vikram Seth