Demaranville Quotes & Sayings

He drew a mouth on the cat and filled it with sharp teeth, so it looked a little like a mountain lion, and as he drew he began to sing, in a reedy tenor voice, "When I were a young man my father would say It's lovely outside, you should go out to play, But now that I'm older, the ladies all say, It's nice out, but put it away ... " Morris — Neil Gaiman

I have lived too long in foreign parts — Henry James

I have found this myself, in my study of Hindu and Buddhist writing, especially of Gandhi. But I have also found it in the writings of the very first Friends, — Rex Ambler

When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer. (Technically a misquote, but I like the misquote better) — Plutarch

The one who is happy can never get too early out of bed. — Camilla Collett

My dog didn't like me very much. My first dog, Dmitri, was a poodle. I used to think Dmitri was something I could play with and ride. I tried to ride a poodle. And then he bit me. — Jennifer Aniston

Don't lie to a liar, and Maven is the grandest liar of all. — Victoria Aveyard

I look at the time with you to keep me awake and alive. — Peter Gabriel

The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trillions of dollars in new debt. — Ruben Hinojosa

Are we entirely ready, sir?" said Lieutenant Hornett, with the special inflection that means "We are not entirely ready, sir."
"We had better be. Glory awaits, gentlemen. In the words of General Tacticus, 'let us take history by the scrotum.' Of course, he was not a very honourable fighter. — Terry Pratchett

It is difficult to picture the rich, hard-nosed advisors of James I being overly concerned about the rights of vagabonds and felons. But this was a period that was especially suspicious of arbitrary acts by the Crown against individuals. There was no law enabling the crown to exile anyone, including the baser convict, into forced labour. According to legal scholars, the Magna Carta itself protected even them. The Privy Councillors therefore dressed up what was to befall the convicts and presented the decree authorising their transportation as an act of royal mercy. The convicts were to be reprieved from death in exchange for accepting transportation. (71-71) — Don Jordan