Donlon Elementary Quotes & Sayings

In Paris the cashiers sit rather than stand. They run your goods over a scanner, tally up the price, and then ask you for exact change. The story they give is that there aren't enough euros to go around. "The entire EU is short on coins."
And I say, "Really?" because there are plenty of them in Germany. I'm never asked for exact change in Spain or Holland or Italy, so I think the real problem lies with the Parisian cashiers, who are, in a word, lazy. Here in Tokyo they're not just hard working but almost violently cheerful. Down at the Peacock, the change flows like tap water. The women behind the registers bow to you, and I don't mean that they lower their heads a little, the way you might if passing someone on the street. These cashiers press their hands together and bend from the waist. Then they say what sounds to me like "We, the people of this store, worship you as we might a god. — David Sedaris

Chose to be someone not anyone. — Debasish Mridha

You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writing and drawing a character. — Rebecca Sugar

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory. — Mahatma Gandhi

We may be animals, but we will never again live in your cage. — Marissa Meyer

I'm going to get drunk and insult as many musicians from the 80's as is humanly possible. — Noel Gallagher

For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it. — Matt Cameron

Auditioning and actually acting on a set are two different things. When you audition, you're in a room and you don't have anything to play with and you don't have anything physically in the room. Whereas on set, you have direction, you have costumes, and you have other actors to work with. It's a completely different thing. — Adelaide Kane

No, Simi. No food. (Acheron)
No, Simi. No food. The Simi don't like this, akri. Katoteros is boring. There's nothing fun there. Only old dead people who want to come back here. Bleh! (Simi)
Simi ... (Acheron)
I hear and obey, akri. The Simi just never said she would do so quietly. (Simi) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Feminism in some ways has become quite dormant. — Tina Brown