Ebbersten Quotes & Sayings

Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand. — George Herbert

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart — Jacqueline Carey

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation. — Isaac Newton

Love this description of minor character, Lou Zicutto: Lou was branch claims manager of the mammoth insurance company where Decker worked part-time as an investigator. Lou was a spindly little twit, maybe a hundred twenty pounds, but he had a huge florid head, which he shaved every day. As a result he looked very much like a Tootsie Pop with lips. — Carl Hiaasen

We are equal partners. You don't get to stand around and mean well. Get off your butt and do exactly what we tell you. — Khalid Muhammad

With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that it is the least understood war in the American cultural imagination. So I set out with the idea that Americans didn't know much about the Korean War and that I was going to try to fix a tiny bit of that. — Linda Sue Park

The Golden Thumb is not as good as the Oscar, but it is a lot of fun. — Roger Ebert

How you spend your money is how you vote on what exists in the world — Vicki Robin

What am I doing? Nothing. I am letting life rain upon me. — Rahel Varnhagen

Suddenly, four or five soldiers with round helmets and guns in hand enter the courtyard. One of them, presumably the commander, knocks hard on the door while shouting, with a strong Yankee accent: 'We are American soldiers ... Are there any Germans here?' His manner is so imperious and sure, you would think he had already won the war. We greet them with open arms. Their confidence is so contagious that we consider the Liberation to be already accomplished. As if the entire German army were obliterated in only one night. — Mary Louise Roberts

Greg Dyke is on record as saying that once the BBC was attacked, it was their job to defend themselves. But that is not their job. — Alastair Campbell

If nothing else, races bring people together. Even if it is through a shared sense of helplessness and loss of dignity. — Dana L. Ayers

You know you're putting a good thing out into the universe when you put on glitter. — Drew Barrymore

You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great. — Ozwald Boateng