Frank Van Riper Quotes & Sayings

Time is the coin of our live. We must take care how we spend it. — Carl Sandburg

It's only in books--actual printed books--that you can easily start and stop your reading, that you can preread and reread, and, these days, as the book itself suffers from a cluster of plagues, it seems only right to pause and assert that the books that ought to be rescued these days are not the books that require a "spoiler alert"--such books are already spoiled--but books that aren't spoiled even if you know what's going to happen, even if you peek at the end, even if you're reading them for a second, or fifth, or dozenth time. — J.C. Hallman

The tendency to separate war stories from immigrant stories means that most Americans don't understand how many of the immigrants and refugees in the United States have fled from wars - many of which this country has had a hand in. Although — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Heaven is not like flying or swimming, but has something to do with blackness and a strong glare. — Elizabeth Bishop

I know that today, with a full tank, and with Annabel, that it's time to go. — Steven Herrick

The argument is at an end. — Saint Augustine

In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for, in Real Madrid's opinion, "peanuts", and the never-explained departure of Jaap Stam appear to be the rational acts of a sage and far-sighted manger. To offload a player because he could not be reconciled with a role within the squad is a failing of management. — Pete Gill

In my works, the geography map-wise is accurate - roads are where I say they are, and go from this town to the next as I say they do, and yes, it would take a curricle that long to travel that distance. — Stephanie Laurens

Being organized is not about being company-ready 24/7. It's about being able to find what you need and restore order quickly. — Monika Kristofferson

It's pure bliss, baby. Total gratification. Absolute, complete earth shifting, universe shaking love. — Jodi Ellen Malpas

The Soviet Union at this time was being run by the Communists, a group of men fierce in their dedication to wearing hilariously bad suits. Their leader was Josef Stalin (Russian for "Joey Bananas") — Dave Barry

The story it told was unremarkable: a tale of love found and lost- the oldest story in the world. The only story. — Anita Diamant

Everyone is the keeper of a dream — Oprah Winfrey

Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere. — Karel Capek