Granita Keene Quotes & Sayings

Daft Wullie had raised a finger.
'Point o' order, Rob,' he said, 'but it was a wee bittie hurtful there for you to say I dinna hae the brains of a beetle ... '
Rob hesitated, but only for a moment. 'Aye, Daft Wullie, ye are right in whut ye say. It was unricht o' me to say that. It was the heat o' the moment, an' I am full sorry for it. As I stand here before ye now, I will say: Daft Wullie, ye DO hae the brains o' a beetle, an' I'll fight any scunner who says different! — Terry Pratchett

The basic thing with adventure medicine or extreme medicine is that you are going to places where humans don't belong and people will certainly get into trouble. — Kenneth Kamler

I realized crime isn't the only way you can judge people. People can do good things, and people can do bad things. It's probably better to understand people for the good things they do. — Takeru Kobayashi

When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots. — Nikola Tesla

The goal is to provide inspiring information that moves people to action. — Guy Kawasaki

It was a "severe" disappointment to Henry Wilson who laid it all at the door of Kitchener and the Cabinet for having sent only four divisions instead of six. Had all six been present, he said with that marvelous incapacity to admit error that was to make him ultimately a Field Marshal, "this retreat would have been an advance and defeat would have been a victory. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Happiness is the true beauty weapon. — Susan Sarandon

When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types. — Cyril Connolly

Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest. — Franz Grillparzer

There is only ever one afternoon, and it ends. But one afternoon can hold so much beauty and so much love. — Kate Racculia

Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children. — Markus Zusak

Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat. — Orson Welles

There is no finish line. Life is the experience and fear is the force of growth. — Catherine Louise Birmingham

She surveyed the carnage behind him. "Did you have fun?"
He showed her his teeth. "Yes. — Ilona Andrews

I specialize in early homes, and what I care about the most is renovating a home and taking it back to its original construction idea. — Daryl Hall