Coonies Quotes & Sayings

I cannot fish without falling a little in self-respect ... always when I have done I feel it would have been better if I had not fished. — Henry David Thoreau

A mountain walked or stumbled. — H.P. Lovecraft

We become anxious when we take a godlike stance, occupying ourselves with things too great for us. — Paul E. Miller

The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment. — Bono

Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it. — Umberto Eco

In history, truth should be held sacred, at whatever cost ... especially against the narrow and futile patriotism, which, instead of pressing forward in pursuit of truth, takes pride in walking backwards to cover the slightest nakedness of our forefathers. — Col. Thomas Aspinwall

For as little as a thousand dollars, you can open an account at Schwab. I mean, it's not a big barrier to entry. — Charles Schwab

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter. — Lisa Murkowski

If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European market. — Vijay Mallya

Oh, come on, what's the matter with Romeo and Juliet?"
Megan took the movie from my grasp to put it in the DVD player.
"Do you want a list?" I didn't wait for an answer. "Romeo's whining about a girl one day, in love with Juliet the next. He has the decency to marry her but then they go back to her parent's house? I mean, what kind of asinine plan is that? Come on, their families hate each other! If you're going to sneak away and get married, just sneak away! It's like watching the girl in a horror movie walk up the dark attic stairs. She totally deserves whatever
she gets at the top."
"Are you saying they deserved to die? — Jolene Perry

In order to live happily, live hidden — Jean-Pierre Claris De Florian

I realize that this is the way the world works. If I could stop the spin, stop the rotation, I would have done so long ago. I would have stopped it the first moment that Catcher's lips met mine under the moon in the amusement park. I would have held us in that eternity forever. But of course everything presses forward, even as we dig our feet against the reality of it all. One even tumbles from the next out of our control and we are dragged along, helpless. — Carrie Ryan