Quotes & Sayings About Colonial Rhode Island

The inventor of the plow did more good than the maker of the first rosary - because, say what you will, plowing is better than praying. — Robert Green Ingersoll

It's really nice that the truth can finally come out. — Vince Vaughn

The mistake I had made, obviously, was in overestimating human intelligence. By and large, one can not deny certain of mankind's achievements, such as the invention of lamb chops and central heating, but many people are strangely unreceptive to nuance. The hint, the diplomatic nudge, the oblique statements
these very often pass straight over their heads, and man and dog find themselves looking at each other through a fog of incomprehension. Thus it was with the management and myself. Delightful and welcoming, they certainly were, but not, it seemed, too quick on the uptake. — Peter Mayle

One of my last few vices is coffee, but with a spot of almond or soymilk, it's never tasted better! — Michelle Forbes

Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them. — Banksy

Too much time alone had done something peculiar to his heart: A confused and unreliable organ at best, it now held something akin to joy. — James Leo Herlihy

I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery. — Bette Midler

American psychology effectively guaranteed its place as a cultural icon by helping to create the pathologies it simultaneously promised to treat. (p. 37) — Alvin Dueck

When Quiggin ingratiated himself with people - during his days as secretary to St. John Clarke, for example - he was far too shrewd to confine himself to mere flattery. A modicum of bullying was a pleasure both to himself and his patrons. — Anthony Powell