Favrot New Orleans Quotes & Sayings

A greater Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others. — Benjamin Franklin

When people ask about relationships, they always say, "How did you guys meet?" Not, "OMG, tell me about your third year! And when a relationship is in trouble, the desperate couple is always trying to recapture the magic of when they first met. The real tragedy is that, without time travel or amnesia, it's impossible to ever get back there. Which is why to most people, marriage is about as magical as watching David Copperfield make Claudia Schiffer disappear. — Shane Kuhn

Standing in the shower, I feel something on the back of my leg that turns out to be my ass. — Mary Karr

I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh. — Larry David

Flowers are red, and green leaves are green. There's no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen. — Harry Chapin

As heirs to a legacy more than two centuries old, it is understandable why present-day Americans would take their own democracy for granted. A president freely chosen from a wide-open field of two men every four years; a Congress with a 99% incumbency rate; a Supreme Court comprised of nine politically appointed judges whose only oversight is the icy scythe of Death
all these reveal a system fully capable of maintaining itself. But our perfect democracy, which neither needs nor particularly wants voters, is a rarity. It is important to remember there still exist other forms of government in the world today, and that dozens of foreign countries still long for a democracy such as ours to be imposed on them. — Jon Stewart

In moments such as these, it's the minor seconds that count. Seconds that can make or break you. Seconds that can save your life. — Rebecca A. Rogers

before the origin of things, geometry was coeternal with the Divine Mind — Johannes Kepler

Plants die off when their roots have no water to sustain them. May your tears feed the roots of love in your heart and bring healing to your soul. May God grant you the strength to move on, knowing there's so much ahead of you. — Kemi Sogunle

All people may not always know those who are not actually good, but they sooner or later get to know all those who are always relatively good. — Anuj