Culebra Quotes & Sayings

The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people. — Mark Steyn

We beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. — Ellery Adams

My dad was one of those dads that would make me stop crying by threatening to beat me. — Felipe Esparza

Steady, firm, and kind government of prisoners is the truest humanity and the best exercise of duty. It is with convicts as with children: unseasonable indulgence, indiscreetly granted, leads to mischiefs which we may deplore but cannot repair. — Dorothea Dix

I will take a draft to the Yankees or to the Mets. A draft for president is not conceivable. — Mario Cuomo

23 Q. What is a civil marriage? A. It is nothing but a mere formality prescribed by the [civil] law to give and insure the civil effects of the marriage to the spouses and their children. 24 Q. Is it sufficient for a Christian to get only the civil marriage or contract? A. For a Christian, it is not sufficient to get only the civil contract, because it is not a sacrament, and therefore not a true marriage. — Pope Pius X

(Logic meet feelings. The two of you will never see eye to eye. Let the lifelong catfight commence.) — R.K. Lilley

If a person fights, that's their own choice," Angel says. "But getting two roosters to fight or two dogs like pit bulls to fight, the animals don't have a choice there. They can't decide not to fight. — Denise Flaim

A great man is made so for others. — Thomas F. Wilson

When I pour a bowl of Uncle Sam's cereal, I never know if I should stand when I eat, salute it first, or simply hum the Star Spangled Banner between mouthfuls. — Chila Woychik

I didn't know how to run a business. I was a terrible gallerist, the worst in history, possibly. — Jeffrey Deitch

They didn't tell me I was going into space until after they locked the shuttle doors and started counting down. — Buzz Aldrin

The ring which you are holding, my friend, is identical to that one. I had it cut according to the model of the king's ring, and damascened in Spain. The original is still in the Escorial; it would have been pleasant to steal it, for I easily acquire the instincts of a thief when I am in a museum, and I always find objects which have a history - especially a tragic history - uniquely attractive. I am not an Englishman for nothing - but that which is easily enough accomplished in France is not at all practical in Spain: the museums there are very secure. — Jean Lorrain

How little those who are schoolgirls of today can realize what it was to be a schoolgirl in the fifties or the early sixties of the last century! — Mary Augusta Ward

eBooks make lousy door stoppers — Greg Davidson