Grinton Quotes & Sayings

I can't tell whether a revived man would appreciate his second chance or yearn for the stolen serenity. — Ahmed Mostafa

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones. — Oscar Wilde

First of all I express sincerity. There's also that sense of humor, by which people sometimes learn to laugh about themselves. I mean, the situation is so serious that the people could go crazy because of it. They need to smile and realize how ridiculous everything is. A race without a sense of humor is in bad shape. A race needs clowns. In earlier days people knew that. Kings always had a court jester around. In that way he was always reminded how ridiculous things are. I believe that nations too should have jesters, in the congress, near the president, everywhere ... You could call me the jester of the Creator. The whole world, all the disease and misery, it's all ridiculous. — Sun Ra

In our time the most warlike nations are the most rude and ignorant. — Michel De Montaigne

God's unspotted faithfulness never failed any soul that durst trust himself in its arms. — John Flavel

Felix has landed safely from his jump from the stratosphere..
Never accept your limitations-because there are NO limitations Viva Felix! — Paulo Coelho

When I'm back home in Chicago, since 'Roseanne' was such a Midwestern, blue-collar show, that's what sticks out in people's minds. — Johnny Galecki

I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disciplined. Nothing, except that it leaves the impression of that person having lived in the confines of a stark institution which, although he or she has long since left, remains within. — Jack Dee

Rationality will not save us. — Robert S. McNamara

It almost takes people by surprise when I'm not a big talker. Because I'm known as being sort of a loud mouth. I have a lot to say. But I try to be more thoughtful with my comments or reactions, unless it's something witty or hysterical that I just can't keep myself from blurting or tweeting! — Natalie Maines

A steel door closed and the captain was on his own again. He hummed quietly and mused to himself, lightly fingering his notebook of verses. "Hmmm," he said, "counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor ... " He considered this for a moment, and then closed the book with a grim smile. "Death's too good for them," he said. — Douglas Adams

Hiro watches the large, radioactive, spear-throwing killer drug lord ride his motorcycle into Chinatown. Which is the same as riding it into China, as far as chasing him down is concerned. — Neal Stephenson

For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet. — Peter Wessel Zapffe