Earlimart Quotes & Sayings

What is punishment and theft to conservatives is civic duty and fairness to liberals. There — George Lakoff

They wrapped themselves in animal skins and furs which Ford Prefect acquired by a technique he once learned from a couple of ex-Pralite monks running a mind-surfing resort in the Hills of Hunian. — Douglas Adams

It makes no good to point the failures out without showing at the same time the remedy to address them. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The reason crime doesn't pay is that when it does, it is called a more respectable name. — Laurence J. Peter

I have to ask myself how I can possibly expect to know Jesus as he would want to be known if my life remains unscathed by trouble and grief. How can I hope to grasp anything of God's heart for this broken planet if I never weep because its brokenness touches me and breaks my heart? How can I reflect his image if I never share in his sufferings? And how will any of us ever learn to treasure his hesed and grace if we never experience phases where these blessings seem absent? — Carolyn Custis James

And you look bloody young to be a sergeant"
"I was born late, sir — Bernard Cornwell

Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman. — Menander

The world's a scary place these days. Grandpa,, you've seen worse things, haven't you? Please tell me the world has always been like this. — Juan Gabriel Vasquez

I despair of persuading people to drop the familiar and comforting tactic of dichotomy. Perhaps, instead, we might expand the framework of debates by seeking other dichotomies more appropriate than, or simply different from, the conventional divisions. All dichotomies are simplifications, but the rendition of a conflict along differing axes of several orthogonal dichotomies might provide an amplitude of proper intellectual space without forcing us to forgo our most comforting tool of thought. — Stephen Jay Gould

I've been saying this for years: There is no longer such a thing as a safe and secure job. — Robert Kiyosaki

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect. — Junior Seau

I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond ...
And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs. — Pimp C

The dead are notoriously unreliable when it comes to standards of behavior," I said. "Particularly murder victims. They have no sense of decorum at all. — Tasha Alexander

And I was constantly trying to stay in body, so to speak. It feels very surreal, and I go away to a happy place where I'm there but not really there. I was just trying to enjoy the night, I guess is what I'm saying. We had a lovely after-party. — James Ponsoldt