Cresswell Quotes & Sayings

The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning. — Helen Cresswell

It would impress him!"
"Do you think so?" Lord Howley brightened.
"Oh,yes,he loves it when people tell him how to run the country. — Heather Dixon

I think you have to have a publishing house that offers you some support. — Jasmine Cresswell

Of course I planned to write the Great American Novel; that lasted about a week, at which point I decided I had nothing to say that could possibly qualify. So I wrote a romance instead. — Jasmine Cresswell

Further communication with her husband seemed hopeless. Between them yawned the chasm that divides those who have consumed champagne before breakfast from those who have not. — Helen Cresswell

I am an idle devil. But at least I work at it. — Helen Cresswell

A sense of humor is regarded as a sign of mental health - apart from excessive punning, which is another matter entirely. — Helen Cresswell

Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the wants and needs of ordinary people that did more to torpedo his campaign than any goodies Obama might have had to dole out. — John Podhoretz

There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing. — Helen Cresswell

It had been unusually hot all summer. Ben Cresswell could feel the sun scorching his thighs through his cricket whites as he sat on the clubhouse veranda, waiting for his turn at bat. Colonel Huntley sat beside him, mopping his red and sweaty face. He was wearing pads because he was next up at bat. He wasn't as good a batsman as Ben, but he was team captain, and in village cricket, seniority often took precedence over ability. Only — Rhys Bowen

The New Englanders, by their canting, whining and insinuating tricks, have persuaded the rest of the colonies that the government is going to make absolute slaves of them. — Nicholas Cresswell

One fact was slowly taking shape: I was in jeopardy of admiring Mr. Cresswell against my better judgment. — Kerri Maniscalco

The difference between PR and social media is that PR is about positioning, and social media is about becoming, being and improving. — Chris Brogan

Dealing with a counter clerk at the phone company who had all the customer service skills of a homicidal sociopath on work release. — Jasmine Cresswell

I love the way L A. leaves you alone. I can go home, read all day, and nobody bugs me. — Jodie Foster

I got born in the wrong family ... — Helen Cresswell

Machines are the opium of the masses. If all the machines in England were thrown into the North Sea tomorrow, we should be back in the Garden of Eden. And the weather would probably improve. — Helen Cresswell

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless. — Allen Klein