Incompetency And Guardianship Quotes & Sayings

The application requisite to the duties of the office I hold [governor of Virginia] is so excessive, and the execution of them after all so imperfect, that I have determined to retire from it at the close of the present campaign. — Thomas Jefferson

Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else. — Elliott Smith

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains. — Laurence Sterne

Do not draw before you paint, it will restrict your brush. — Toni Onley

I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard. — Colleen De Reuck

I give permission
for IBM, its customers, partners, and minions, to use JSLint for evil. — Douglas Crockford

...it reveals the legacy of an environmental catastrophe, its human tolls and triumphs, its corporate greed and indifference, its governmental lapses and neglect. In its historic sweep, it stands as a cautionary tale -- timeless and time-bound -- in a country divided by class and religion, buffeted by corporate misconduct, and dismantling its environmental protection laws. This is the story of a dying coal town ensnared in the Reagan Revolution's afterbirth, of a small community rent by one of the mining industry's worst disasters, and of the irreplaceable bond of home. — Joan Quigley

You can't make a zebra by painting stripes on a horse. — Holly Bodger

Art gives us the illusion of liberation from the sordid business of being. — Fernando Pessoa

Disappointment is just the chance to start once more, this time all the more insightfully. — Henry Ford

Want know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker and a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not one bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me, and he says, 'why so serious?' He comes at me with the knife. 'Why so serious?!'. He sticks the blade in my mouth. 'Let's put a smile on that face!' And why so serious? — Heath Ledger

Whereas, it is hereby decreed to all felines of the Middle Kingdom: They are enjoined to observe every provision of the judicial codes unless such provisions aforesaid have been abrogated heretofore, though any abrogation is liable to reinstatement at any time whatever and shall be effective retroactively without recourse on behalf of said felines whether or not said felines are presently or will be engaged in litigation. This decree is not susceptible to appeal. — Lloyd Alexander

If you want to experience miracles, you have to believe before seeing. — Jason Frenn

He smirks at me and it makes me want to slap his face. No, kiss his face. Wait ... definately slap his face. — Sawyer Bennett