Cluxton Alley Quotes & Sayings

The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom. — Mahatma Gandhi

Not until her parents came to visit did the McGraw clan, Caleb included, learn that Snow's father was half black, landing Snow squarely and immediately in the undesirable category. — Terri Osburn

What pages did I write?
What bellicosity!
What words did I bite?
What ferocity!
This ink, in magnanimity, as I took,
Find me a humble name in your stale book,
This hour, from shrewdness, as I steal
My scars heal, my imaginations kneel;
These musings around your benevolent brook
Find me a humble name in your stale book,
Find me a humble name in your stale book. — Ashfaq Saraf

What was alien was being ordinary, being humdrum, being trapped into appeasing ... having to crush and stifle my opinions, not being allowed to be brilliant, tricking myself into mediocrity. — Russell Brand

I've never managed anywhere, I've managed to stay alive for 63 and a half years baby. — Eamon Dunphy

The authorities make them hate him. Otsu, these people are simple. They're afraid of the government, so afraid that if it so decrees, they'll drive away their fellow villagers, even their own kin. — Eiji Yoshikawa

The lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now. — Taylor Swift

In Donald Trump, you have a candidate who knows the difference between wanting something done and making it happen. — Ivanka Trump

In autobiography, as in all literature, what actually happened is less important than what the author can manage to persuade his audience to believe — Salman Rushdie

Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience. — Victoria Jackson