Colmer Monument Quotes & Sayings

They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what happened. — William F. Buckley Jr.

About happy endings. Folk like a story to finish well. Doesn't matter if that's true to life or not. Helps to hear about folk being content. About good folk getting what they deserve. While you're listening you can believe, for a bit, that you're good too. Worth a happy ending. — Juliet Marillier

Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again. — Ted Turner

Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves. — Pal Benko

New Rule: Stop lying to me about your pancake mix. The back of the box says 1 1/2 cups makes ten to twelve pancakes. Really? 'Cause I get four. Who's your cook, Jesus? — Bill Maher

I always loved that boy as if he'd been my
my
my own grandfather. — Charles Dickens

I tried to think of what my father would tell me. 'Don't let any boy give you shit.' But he'd never said how we should go about preventing this. — Joyce Maynard

That it's not what they do that bothers us: that's a problem for their minds, not ours. It's our own misperceptions. Discard them. Be willing to give up thinking of this as a catastrophe ... and your anger is gone. How do you do that? By recognizing that you've suffered no disgrace. Unless disgrace is the only thing that can hurt you, you're doomed to commit innumerable offenses - to become a thief, or heaven only knows what else. — Marcus Aurelius

War will cease when men refuse to fight. — Fridtjof Nansen

I save the race for the race and I don't let it all out in practice. — Tyson Gay