Jahmir Johnson Quotes & Sayings

I can't lie ... My face always gives me away. I'm also pathetically bad at poker! — Cat Deeley

Oh, hell, I can't go on a spiritual journey - I'm constipated. — Molly Ivins

Heaven, too, was very near to them in those days. God's direct agency was to be seen in the thunder and the rainbow, the whirlwind and the lightning. To the believer, clouds of angels and confessors, and martyrs, armies of the sainted and the saved, were ever stooping over their struggling brethren upon earth, raising, encouraging, and supporting them. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Pritkin put a heavy hand on my shoulder, which was just as well. It probably wouldn't have looked good to choke the head of the Silver Circle to death right before the coronation. Then again, my reputation was shot to hell anyway ... — Karen Chance

That's no little kid. That's Jason Steed, the biggest damn hero you will ever see! — Mark A. Cooper

Trust one fool to see no flaws in another! — Darren Shan

Altruism, compassion, empathy, love, conscience, the sense of justice - all of these things, the things that hold society together, the things that allow our species to think so highly of itself, can now confidently be said to have a firm genetic basis. That's the good news. The bad news is that, although these things are in some ways blessings for humanity as a whole, they didn't evolve for the "good of the species" and aren't reliably employed to that end. Quite the contrary: it is now clearer than ever how (and precisely why) the moral sentiments are used with brutal flexibility, switched on and off in keeping with self-interest; and how naturally oblivious we often are to this switching. In the new view, human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their constitutional ignorance of the misuse. The title of this book is not wholly without irony. — Robert Wright

To see eternity was to be exposed to eternity's whims, oppressed by endless dimensions. — Frank Herbert

Like slaves on the sugar plantations of the Antilles, ... the sugar slaves of southern Louisiana had negative birthrates for as long as slavery lasted. — Ned Sublette

It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict. — Jonathan King

Bullshit. You lied to me every single day. Were the nights a lie too? Am I just like all those other girls? Maybe I'd be better off with a new owner, at least I know when he fucks me I will hate him. Not like you. You made me love you then you wrecked me with it. Then you gave me back piece by piece every night only to take it all away over again in the morning. — Nashoda Rose

And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment, the blocks, the financial struggle, our egos, I do it too, I do it too, but if you can't remember it is all about the work and nothing else then I can't help you and you can't help yourself and you will lose. I promise you. You will lose. — Jami Attenberg

Reality shows have a lot to answer for. They applaud mediocrity. — Suzi Quatro

it's been laid on my heart and I want to help others get away from abusive spouses. — Carolyn Brown