Cument Quotes & Sayings

From the pocket of her windbreaker he extracted what he falsely believed to be a portable marine radio, which along with two granola bars he'd pilfered from Honey's belongings after she was snatched by the club-handed lunatic. Shreave started pressing buttons on the compact gadget and barking, "Mayday! Mayday!
There was no response from the Coast Guard pilot or any other human, and for a good reason. Except for its LED screen, the instrument in Shreave's possession was electronically dissimilar to a radio in all significant respects. Most crucial was the absence of either an audio receiver or a transmitter.
"SOS! SOS!" he persisted. "Help!"
The device was in fact a mobile GPS unit, as technogically impenetrable to Shreave as the Taser gun he'd found beneath Honey's bed. — Carl Hiaasen

A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy — Martin Luther King Jr.

Alex's gaze bore her through like an icicle. He was tempted to shove her back into the ornate carriage and tell the driver to head straight for London. Or a far hotter place. — Lisa Kleypas

When I do operas, I'm not really singing very classically. I have a classical background as far as being a pianist and an oboist, but my voice isn't really classical in the operatic sense. But I certainly have a classical sensibility, so I'm comfortable being in that world. — Jason Graae

PSALM 112 As the majority of mankind expect to prosper by evil deeds, and as they generally endeavor to enrich themselves by plunder, fraud, and every species of injustice, the prophet enumerates the blessings of God which attend those who worship him in purity, in order that we may know that, in aiming at a life of piety and morality, we shall not lose our reward. — John Calvin

Some contemporary mediums dislike the term 'psychic' because they feel it carries a negative connotation, leading people to associations with crystal balls, tea-leaf reading, fortune-telling, or other stereotypes. — Mark Ireland

Things are wonderful when we look at them with magic in our hearts. — Debasish Mridha

I became a physicist to understand the world, then I became a writer to try and change it. — Carla H. Krueger

You know, I found a gray hair the other day. I almost broke the sound barrier rushing to the pharmacy to get some dye. Beth snorted. Oh please! You're a blonde-no one can see gray hair up there. Now, you get one down under, and then you can panic. — Jenn McKinlay

I'm what happens after death, which is writing. — Kathy Acker

It's kind of fun being the cute, little one. In fact, I'm finding it hard to grow out of that. — Katie Holmes

Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace. — Ozzy Osbourne

Folly is perennial, yet the human race has survived. — Bertrand Russell

Germans found "American" (by which they often meant Irish) bars and their drinking customs both peculiar and unhealthy. — Donna R. Gabaccia

I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in its stationary state. Sand not only flows, but this very flow is the sand. — Kobo Abe