Germane Crowell Quotes & Sayings

[Sharon Howard:] You know, I didn't expect a kid fresh out of college from Maine to be so cutthroat. — Jessica Lave

I shan't be a minute," said Pridmore. Matilda knew better. She settled herself to wait, and swung her legs miserably. She had been to her Great-Aunt Willoughby's before, and she knew exactly what to expect. She would be asked about her lessons, and how many marks she had, and whether she had been a good girl. I can't think why grown-up people don't see how impertinent these questions are. Suppose you were to answer: "I'm the top of my class, auntie, thank you, and I am very good. And now let us have a little talk about you, aunt, dear. How much money have you got, and have you been scolding the servants again, or have you tried to be good and patient, as a properly brought up aunt should be, eh, dear?" Try this method with one of your aunts next time she begins asking you questions, and write and tell me what she says. Matilda — Neil Gaiman

I must have encountered the Duke somewhere on the road because I was carrying a sack with me and his head was in it. — Sebastien De Castell

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed? — Caitlyn Jenner

The proposal that the human household originated in competition over food presents a challenge to conventional thinking because it holds economics as primary and sexual relations as secondary. — Richard W. Wrangham

Life is not shaped by what happens to you but by how you react to what happens to you. — Stephen Kinzer

The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes. — Edward FitzGerald

I love to eat. I'm from New Orleans. I eat like nobody's business. So to find a workout that I actually look forward to is a lifesaver. — Shelley Hennig

we can trust children to find out about the world, and that when trusted, they do find out. — John Holt