Gasparilla Pirate Quotes & Sayings

It's immoral to work to make money. There's something unlucky in it. You got to work for the work. You got to work on a farm, for the farm - then it makes money. — Christina Stead

Thinking is not a case of spontaneous combustion; it does not occur just on general principles. — John Dewey

I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy. — Harry Browne

I think politics is deadly to write about, frankly. If you have a political agenda and you set out to write a novel to prove that, say, capitalism should crumble, then it's going to be a really bad novel. Very few people have been able to deal with political fiction - Dickens, Dostoyevsky. But even Tolstoy got really tiresome when he was talking about the serfs. You have to let characters be characters, not [gruff voice] Mr Capitalism or [girlie voice] Miss Anti-Fur. — Donna Tartt

I know the whole world is watching now. And I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to understand how small you really are. I'm going home now. — Felix Baumgartner

The noise kept up and did not stop. My head rang. I saw Shepherd take the chewing gum from his mouth, break it into two, and stick it in both ears. He kept working. — Kenneth Oppel

Getting from point A to point Z can be daunting unless you remember that you don't have to get from A to Z. You just have to get from A to B. Breaking big dreams into small steps is the way to move forward. — Sheryl Sandberg

Flat or round, there has always been hate in the world. — Tanith Lee

All are of the race of God, and have in themselves good. — Philip James Bailey

I know that there's a cultural expectation that women be nurturing, delicate flowers. And I am. So delicate. But that doesn't mean I can't write a good, gory murder scene. — Chelsea Cain

There is no straight way to a destination. So enjoy the ride even when you get lost. — Debasish Mridha