Franion Quotes & Sayings

How important is it? As far as I'm concerned, pretty darn important! — Misti B.

The coffee served in the coffeehouses wasn't necessarily very good coffee. Because of the way coffee was taxed in Britain (by the gallon), the practice was to brew it in large batches, store it cold in barrels, and reheat it a little at a time for serving. So coffee's appeal in Britain had less to do with being a quality beverage than with being a social lubricant. People went to coffeehouses to meet people of shared interests, gossip, read the latest journals and newspapers - a brand-new word and concept in the 1660s - and exchange information of value to their lives and business. Some took to using coffeehouses as their offices - as, most famously, at Lloyd's Coffee House on Lombard Street, which gradually evolved into Lloyd's insurance market. — Bill Bryson

Prudent readers will do well to hold Three Weeks at arm's length, unless they want to be cut by flying adjectives. — Elinor Glyn

The First Rule of Parenting states that you never wake a peacefully sleeping child. — David Mitchell

I may have entered her body, but now I want to enter her mind. — Vikas Swarup

Ah Franion, treason is loved of many, but the Traitor hated of all: unjust offences may for a time escape without danger, but never without revenge. — Robert Greene

With confidence you believe you can overcome your weaknesses. With arrogance you don't even see your weaknesses. — Eric Mangini

Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one ... I can well believe it. — Dodie Smith

There is a clear link between protecting your car and home and protecting your life. So life insurance was a logical addition to the AA's range. — Kevin Sinclair

Mankind have a little corrupted nature, for they were not born wolves, and they have become wolves; God has given them neither cannon of four-and-twenty pounders, nor bayonets; and yet they have made cannon and bayonets to destroy one another. — Voltaire

It was extraordinary how far you could go in London and barely touch a pavement or cross a road. — Kate Atkinson