Florensis Quotes & Sayings

I'm Charles Baker Harris...I can read — Harper Lee

[Ted] Cruz railed against his fellow senators for not appreciating the risk that Obamacare would destroy healthcare for America's families ... Cruz then lodged a more general complaint against his Senate colleagues who, he said, seemed more concerned with "cocktail parties in Washington, D.C." than with their constituents. Referring to calls that he said were pouring in from around the country, begging legislators to resist and defund, Cruz noted, "It is apparently an imposition on some members of this body for their constituents to pick up the phone and ask for assistance." As I heard him say that, I picked up the phone and called Cruz's local constituent service office in Houston. "Could someone there give me information about how to enroll in Obamacare?" I asked, when I was put on the phone with one of the senator's case workers. "No. We don't support the bill, and think it's a bad idea," I was told. — Steven Brill

A black hen also lays white egg. The quote is not a racial remark. It implies everyone has hidden talent and can make the most out of it with only self realization. — Paromita Goswami

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State) — Jim Valvano

It appears to me that man must always have war. When one great rebellion ends, another will begin. Do they fight for a great cause or is it egos that must be conquered? — Nancy B. Brewer

Well, your reflection isn't too encouraging either, ice-boy. In fact, it's kinda weird seeing us like this, because you look like you really, really want to cut my head off. — Julie Kagawa

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country. — C.S. Lewis

I took a lie detector test the other day. No, I didn't. — Steven Wright

At last everything was satisfactorily arranged, and I could not help admiring the setting: these mingled touches betrayed on a small scale the inspiration of a poet, the research of a scientist, the good taste of an artist, the gourmet's fondness for good food, and the love of flowers, which concealed in their delicate shadows a hint of the love of women — August Strindberg

There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty. — Rupert Sheldrake

The country taken as a whole is only fit for the Indian and they had ought ... to possess it, they and their children, forever. — Paul N. Beck

To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze. — P. J. O'Rourke

He missed having a wild green world on his doorstep - no rabbits or pheasants or badgers. — Kate Atkinson

Hazel shuddered, remembering her close call with Don that afternoon. If she hadn't moved quickly and snatched that diamond off the road ... She didn't want to think about it. She didn't need another death on her conscience. — Rick Riordan

You are solely responsible for doing the work required to become better. — Sara Genn