Ethel Leckwith Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes the best solution is simplification. — Bobby Bragan

Be willing to make bold decisions and be willing to make glorious mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, but you've got to be willing to make them first. — Gavin Newsom

You have very Grace Kelly-like tendencies about you. I hear Grace Kelly had a filthy mouth too," he added.
"You love my filthy mouth."
"True. But I like it better when its full," he said, meaningful smirk in place.
"You know, if you would shut up once in a while you'd be damn near perfect."
"But I'd be a silent panty ripper, which I think is a lot creepier than the angry-boss panty ripper. — Christina Lauren

Always praise your kid even if he/she is unresponsive to learning. By insulting them and putting them down, you will only push them away and make them feel inadequate around other kids. Have faith that your child's brain is an evolving planet that rotates at its own speed. It will naturally be attracted to or repel certain subjects. Be patient. Just as there are ugly ducklings that turn into swans, there are rebellious kids that turn into serious innovators and hardcore intellectuals. — Suzy Kassem

The arts celebrate multiple perspectives. One of their large lessons is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world. — Elliot W. Eisner

My sweetest Joy is to be in the presence of Jesus in the holy Sacrament. I beg that when obliged to withdraw in body, I may leave my heart before the holy Sacrament. How I would miss Our Lord if He were to be away from me by His presence in the Blessed Sacrament! — Katharine Drexel

Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice. — Billy Corgan

Because I'm not normal," I said.
"You say that as if it's a bad thing, Percy. But you don't realize how important you are. — Rick Riordan

The world is not to be approached, blueprint in hand, as if it were so much raw material waiting to be fashioned to someone's design. — Jonathan Schell

Speechlessness, however, affirmed in the diagnosis, is carefully based on the facts of the examination, as we see by rendering the statements concerned, just as they stand in examination and diagnosis: If thou examinest a man having a wound in the temple, ... ; if thou ask of him concerning his malady and he speak not to thee; ... ; thou shouldst say concerning him, 'One having a wound in his temple, ... (and) he is speechless'. — James Henry Breasted

If the groom-to-be's views were actually considered, the wedding would be a far more relaxed affair, possibly involving go-carts. — Dave Barry

I'm glad to see that the crusading spirit of your forebears hasn't been entirely obliterated by rock and roll. — Ken Follett

You don't give up on democracy every time you lose a vote, Ethel said crisply. — Ken Follett