Goosistan Quotes & Sayings

I am not ashamed of my failures. It is only a foot-stones for building my success. — Lailah Gifty Akita

My gratitude extends beyond the limits of my capacity to express it, — Iain Banks

I'm never going to do something that I don't want to do, because I've been given the opportunity to not have to do that. — Maisie Williams

I do what I always do when the day has shown me its worst: I make do. — Amy A. Bartol

These are touchy times. National sensitivities are on permanent alert and it's getting harder by the moment to say boo to a goose, lest the goose in question belong to the paranoid majority (goosism under threat), the thin-skinned minority (victims of goosophobia), the militant fringe (Goose Sena), the separatists (Goosistan Liberation Front), the increasingly well organised cohorts of society's historical outcasts (the ungoosables, or Scheduled Geese), or the the devout followers of of that ultimate guru duck, the sainted Mother Goose. Why, after all, would any sensible person wish to say boo in the first place? By constantly throwing dirt, such boxers disqualify themselves from serious consideration (they cook their own goose). — Graham Greene

The modern world is personal; people want to know intimate things. — Nigella Lawson

Unfortunately, what is happening now in our central regions is evidence of this global climate change, because we have never in our history faced such weather conditions in the past. — Dmitry Medvedev

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative. — Frederick Pollock

What I wanted to express very clearly and intensely was that the reason these people had to invent or imagine heroes and gods is pure fear. Fear of life and fear of death. — Frida Kahlo

Kim Kardashian is a major player coming off of a reality show, and nobody can turn a blind eye to what she's accomplished, no matter how you see her. — Shemar Moore

The body is mortal and the mind is mortal; both, being compounds, must die. — Swami Vivekananda

As I got closer to the fence, I held my shirt over my nose to block the smell. One stallion waded through the muck and whinnied angrily at me. He bared his teeth, which were pointed like a bear's.
I tried to talk to him in my mind. I can do that with most horses.
Hi, I told him. I'm going to clean your stables. Won't that be great?
Yes! The horse said. Come inside! Eat you! Tasty half-blood!
But I'm Poseidon's son, I protested. He created horses.
Usually this gets me VIP treatment in the equestrian world, not this time.
Yes! The horse agreed enthusiastically. Poseidon can come in, too! We will eat you both! Seafood!
Seafood! The other horses chimed in as they waded through the field. — Rick Riordan

People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do. — Richard Simmons