Isaiah Thomas Kings Quotes & Sayings

On the dresser was a row of blue-and-white jars that weren't very useful for anything. They'd been left to her mother by an elderly aunt, and she was proud of them because they looked nice but were completely useless. There was little room on the farm for useless things that looked nice, so they were treasured. — Terry Pratchett

There was something about Miss Lyndon that made him glad she was on his side. Not that he thought she would make a vicious enemy, just that she seemed loyal, level-headed, and fair. And she had a wicked sense of humor. Just the sort of person a man would want standing beside him when he needed support. — Julia Quinn

It is not those who can inflict the most but those who can endure the most who will conquer. — Terence MacSwiney

During Richard Nixon's first term, when I served as secretary of defense, we withdrew U.S. forces from Vietnam while building up the South's ability to defend itself. The result was a success - until Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by cutting off funding for our ally in 1975. Washington should follow a similar strategy now, but this time finish the job properly. — Melvin Laird

His senseless disdain was beyond me. I have met only a few men like him in my life, and they rattle my soul. They are frightening, and you can never anticipate the turn of their minds or the extent of their greed. They are in fact criminals uncaught by society. — Manoucher Farmanfarmaian

It is better to conceal ignorance. — Heraclitus

She still stood in front of the garden tub, the piece of glass in her hand, and she stared back at me like an animal cornered.
In that moment she didn't remind me of a harmless little kitten. She was a full-grown tigress, and she still looked like she wanted to do some damage. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor. — Antonia Fraser

Gardening always has been an art, essentially. — Robert Irwin

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. — Pope John Paul II

There were too many ears that listened for others besides themselves, and too many tongues that wagged to those they shouldn't. — Mildred D. Taylor

Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process. — W. Edwards Deming

I can't sing. Definitely no ambition in that area. — Corin Nemec