Gentrys Quotes & Sayings

I'm allergic to chocolate. I never tried it, and I can't try it, ever. — Tony Revolori

He never described himself as a poet or his work as poetry. The fact that the lines do not come to the edge of the page is no guarantee. Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation. He hated to argue about the techniques of verse. The poem is a dirty, bloody, burning thing that has to be grabbed first with bare hands. Once the fire celebrated Light, the dirt Humility, the blood Sacrifice. Now the poets are professional fire-eaters, freelancing at any carnival. The fire goes down easily and honours no one in particular. — Leonard Cohen

Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. — Abraham Lincoln

I quit because I'm so tired of hearing bad news about cigarettes ... Even if they discover good news, they don't publicize it - like the fact that smoking seriously reduces the risk of jogging. — Arj Barker

To the tourist, travel is a means to an end; to the traveler, it's an end in itself. — Marty Rubin

Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul. — Anthony Of Padua

This was only the second time Carswell Thorne had stopped to ponder one Kate Fallow. The first time, he had wondered why she liked books so much, and if it had anything to do with why he liked spaceships. Because they could take you somewhere far, far away from here. This time , he was wondering what her math score was. — Marissa Meyer

You change with the guys you date. — Jessica Simpson

Knowledge depends on the mode of the knower; for what is known is in the knower according to the measure of his mode — Thomas Aquinas

The day you chose to leave me it rained constantly in truth I swore the rain to be the tears of cuspids eyes. — Tupac Shakur

Great brands are like great stories. And every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And our job is to make sure that every chapter of our stories makes sense to the one in front of it and make sense to the one after it. There is no such thing as an overnight success. You have to get up and put your work boots on every single day. — Kevin Plank

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of. — Dolly Parton

I like patterns in words. I'm not really interested in meaning. — Roddy Woomble