Flora And Ulysses Quotes & Sayings

The items on the counter in the shop had been pawned by a man who had used an American driving licence as his ID, issued in the state of New Mexico in the name Jack Bauer. He had received 16,430 kronor in total. "Is this some sort of fucking joke?" Jacob asked. "How the hell can someone get away with calling himself Jack Bauer? Jack Bauer! The TV show? Twenty-four? — James Patterson

It is consoling that he who must judge us dwell in us to save us always from all of our miseries, and to pardon us. — Therese De Lisieux

Here's conventional wisdom: Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous. In fact, it actually works like this: Generosity makes you happy. Happy people are more likely to be successful. — Seth Godin

I was very fierce and very driven at eighteen. But my basic philosophy I think has stayed the same, I'm still an atheist, I still believe strongly in the power of free will (despite the mysticism in my prose). I don't believe in the notion of a pre-ordained destiny, and I think because of the sudden death of my father at sixteen I learnt then that it is essential to live life to the fullest as it could be snatched away at any second. — Tobsha Learner

Chiropractic's been a big part of my game! — Joe Montana

Adele was in everybody's wish list, and her list of Romeos was nearly as long as the Yellow Pages. Some witty person had suggested that her family needed a system of traffic lights to avoid fatal crashes for the men in her life. — Olga Nunez Miret

Familiarity can no longer be a necessary condition for trust. — Robert C. Solomon

Love is the greatest gift, we can give to each other. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To be in Boston, which is a great city and which is full of many colleges and young kids, and to be around that many people that were at the same point in their lives, who played guitar or whatever instrument - it was just perfect. It was a great environment. — John Petrucci

Your mind is your belief hotspot -the center where the issues of life emanate from. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. — John Kenneth Galbraith

What do the Gandhi-caps in Delhi know about the Punjab? What is happening on the other side in Pakistan does not matter to them. They have not lost their homes and belongings; they haven't had their mothers, wives, sisters and daughters raped and murdered in the streets. — Khushwant Singh

At the ripe old age of seventeen, Donna had decided that "happily ever after" didn't exist for freaks like her. — Karen Mahoney

It isn't good tactics to ask for something that you know will be refused. — Patricia Wentworth