Jandino Quotes & Sayings

The realm of human understanding is the only realm most of us have access to, I said. — Roland Merullo

It's not you. It's her. — Rayne Wolfe

I apologized pretty well, didn't I?" she said proudly as they went down the lane. "I thought since I had to do it I might as well do it thoroughly." "You did it thoroughly, all right enough," was Marilla's comment. Marilla was dismayed at finding herself inclined to laugh over the recollection. She had also an uneasy feeling that she ought to scold Anne for apologizing so well; but then, that was ridiculous! — L.M. Montgomery

Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet — Richard Leakey

I do wish I ruled the world, I think it'd be a better place. — Courtney Love

I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance. — Robin Williams

If I wasn't the head of a studio, who would talk to me? — Harry Cohn

She had a reputation throughout the Clans for a sharp tongue and a short temper, as well as fearlessness in battle and deep pride in ShadowClan. She played a vital role in helping establish the new territory beside the lake when she took on the troublesome kittypets who lived in a Twoleg den amid the pine trees. Even as she got older and more frail, Russetfur remained the ShadowClan deputy, keeping younger warriors in line with her brisk words and high expectations. She was killed by Lionblaze in a battle over the clearing between ShadowClan and ThunderClan; her death was a shock to everyone, and there were suggestions that such an old cat should not have been allowed to fight. But it was the death Russetfur would have chosen for herself, bravely and in the midst of battle on behalf of her beloved ShadowClan. — Erin Hunter

Then let us try teaching you a bit of Romanian," he said. "You have been mispronouncing our name very badly. The emphasis is on the first syllable. Dobrescu," he enunciated for her. The way he pronounced his name made it sound entirely different. Musical, even. — Elizabeth Camden

Money is a stupid measure of achievement, but unfortunately it is the only universal measure we have. — Charles Proteus Steinmetz

I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it ... You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it. — Chris Christie

The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now. — Don DeLillo

The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades. — Hermann Goring

God grant me a quick honorable death, Isgrimnur prayed, and never let me be one of those old fools who sits by the campfire telling the young men that things will never be as good as they once were. — Tad Williams

When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else until that job is finished. Others just give up. — Joseph B. Wirthlin