Haxton Manor Quotes & Sayings

Failures are the most valuable assets that one can earn. If u dont have any, get some and make yourself stronger! — Nelson Jack

I really feel that we're not giving children enough credit for distinguishing what's right and what's wrong. I, for one, devoured fairy tales as a little girl. I certainly didn't believe that kissing frogs would lead me to a prince, or that eating a mysterious apple would poison me, or that with the magical "Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo" I would get a beautiful dress and a pumpkin carriage. I also don't believe that looking in a mirror and saying "Candyman, Candyman, Candyman" will make some awful serial killer come after me. I believe that many children recognize Harry Potter for what it is, fantasy literature. I'm sure there will always be some that take it too far, but that's the case with everything. I believe it's much better to engage in dialog with children to explain the difference between fantasy and reality. Then they are better equipped to deal with people who might have taken it too far. — J.K. Rowling

I just draw what I think is funny, and I hope other people think it is funny, too. — Charles M. Schulz

Genghis Khan had well-founded and unshakable faith in his daughters and the other women around him. "Whoever can keep a house in order," he said, "can keep a territory in order." As the military campaigns grew longer, the division of labor solidified into a division of command authority. At its heart, the dual-shaft system functioned quite simply. She ruled at home; he served abroad. Even — Jack Weatherford

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
[Health and sickness surely are men's double enemies.] — George Herbert

So long as we find anything beautiful, we feel that we have not yet exhausted what [life] has to offer [ ... ] That forward-looking element is ... inseparable from the judgment of beauty. — Alexander Nehamas

An important governorship used to be the best springboard for would-be presidents. — Gore Vidal

We have relatively little time and a whole lot of curiosity, so the most efficient way to get there is what we do, and that often happens to be some form of science. — Jamie Hyneman

Could we please not talk about that woman? — Rick Riordan

Don't break one girl's heart because you're trying to heal yourself of another one — Tarryn Fisher

I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit. — Tom Udall

I have been wrong and Simon Magus has been right. — Toni Pike