Groliers Club Quotes & Sayings

Irritatingly angry people have no sense of humor when wearing their "angry pants. — Cathy Burnham Martin

I did it, Finn. I did it. I was ready to jump, and now she's jumping with me. — Jessica Park

This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start talking and working with whom you are not. Find common values and build with fellow citizens a society based on diversity and equality. — Tariq Ramadan

I'll just do a round around of the house and make sure the rest of the family are fast asleep. We don't want that sharp-nosed aunt of yours catching us when we find the diamonds." "What diamonds?" "Think positive for once ... Which would you rather, diamonds or the remains of a murdered maidservant? It's all a question of attitude. — Kerstin Gier

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family. — Anchee Min

It's a real shame. I like how people act on holidays. Everyone just seems ... I don't know
lighter, maybe. Like they're allowed to have fun all day long and eat anything they want and do silly things, and no one cares because, hey, it's a holiday, so why not? — John Corey Whaley

There is a big difference between living in a society that hunts whales and living in one that views them. Nature is being reduced to precious demonstrations for entertainment and education, something far less natural than hunting. Are we headed for a world where nothing is left of nature but parks? Whales are mammals, and mammals do not lay a million eggs. We were forced to give up commercial hunting and to raise domestic mammals for meat, preserving the wild ones as best we could. It is harder to kill off fish than mammals. But after 1,000 years of hunting the Atlantic cod, we know that it can be done. — Mark Kurlansky

All that we did was human,
stupid, easily forgiven,
Not quite right. — Gary Snyder

I try to take notes of things that happen that I think are important or interesting or just little tidbits here and there that happen in life. And some of it's even just one line or like a saying and I just go off that. — Courtney Barnett

If you want to do something and you have a goal, do it, don't wait, because your channel might change sometime soon - and quite unexpectedly. — Sean Swarner

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together. — Venus Williams

Kindness is not an act, it's a lifestyle. — Anthony Douglas