Flora Ackroyd Quotes & Sayings

What to the Slave is the 4th of July? — Frederick Douglass

My dignity and good television - they'll never meet. — Adam Savage

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. — Taylor Swift

I find littering very annoying. It's a minor but also a major thing: a society that litters is one that also has so little respect for the environment and, consequently, other people. If we had clean streets, a lot of other things would be fixed almost effortlessly. — Joanne Harris

The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience. — Saint Augustine

I never said I'd support Paul Ryan. I'm giving it very serious consideration. — Donald Trump

Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history. — Rachel Kushner

There are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. — Boris Johnson

Recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known. — Ambrose Bierce

I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people. — Tom Barbash

I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for the excitement of the story - and there comes a time when you realise that all stories are more or less the same story. — John McGahern

Would you condemn me to such a cavernous, empty life, Miranda? — Dominique Eastwick

If you've taken a photo with your camera's pop-up flash, you're probably wondering how camera manufacturers list pop-up flash as a feature and keep a straight face. It's probably because the term "pop-up flash" is actually a marketing phrase dreamed up by a high-powered PR agency, because its original, more descriptive, and more accurate name is actually "the ugly-maker. — Scott Kelby

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing. — Anna Held