Funny Mcbain Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps modern esteem for these figures serves as a reminder that, though statesmen may have to struggle mightily to advance their cause, and though they may lose on an issue or come out on the wrong side in the judgment of history, their principled determination is sufficient to win them a place in people's hearts, long after they are gone. — Chris DeRose

She remembered Fiona saying something once, there was nothing more attractive than a competent man. At the time she'd been a young girl, without true understanding, but now she agreed. — Lily Blackwood

To a man across a thousand years I offer a handshake.
I say to him: Brother, make the story short, for the stretch of a thousand years is short. — Carl Sandburg

I want to entertain, but I also want to push the barriers beyond what kids are conditioned into accepting. — Mal Peet

May your strength be not in your fingernails but in your heart! — Kelly Flanagan

Deep experience is never peaceful. — Henry James

I'm just living each day, and I'm better equipped to do so. I mean, I used to be totally afraid, I used to have, like, permanent stage fright. But now I'm trying to have fun. I'm trying to bring as much happiness to as many people as possible. — Rivers Cuomo

I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport. — Mick Jagger