Jeralyn Mcquaid Quotes & Sayings

there is anything to be learned from the conspiracy - other than when in doubt, bet on George Washington - it is to beware the pitfalls of certainty. — Sarah Vowell

The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough; we had to have 50 caliber, also said daylight bombing was right provided the planes attacked in formation, with 50 caliber guns. — Stuart Symington

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart. — Martin Luther

Lust, pure gorgeous lust: the sacred energy that elevates us, and makes us feel so special. — Fiona Thrust

A car, a blue convertible, sleek and desirable, came sweeping west out of Beverly Hills along the, as I understand it, gracious curves of Sunset Boulevard. Anybody seeing such a car would have wanted it. Obviously. It was designed to make you want it. If people had turned out not to want it very much, the makers would have redesigned it and redesigned it until they did. The world is now full of things like this, which is, of course, why everybody is in such a permanent state of want. — Douglas Adams

Fess, lad, 'tis just a word, like any other word I might use. The filthiness of it is in people's minds." Even his Gran said that a word that described something so beautiful and natural couldn't be so very wrong. You might as well say 'sky' and 'tree' were wrong. Mind you, she also said that using it too often showed a poor vocabulary and laziness, and she certainly didn't encourage either of those. — Helen Gosney

What would they talk about?
Hi, my name's Vane and I howl at the moon late at night in the form of a wolf. I sleep with your daughter and don't think I could live without her. Mind if I have a beer? Oh and while we're at it, let me introduce my brothers. This one here is a deadly wolf known to kill for nothing more than looking at him cross-eyed, and the other one is comatose because some vampires sucked the life out of him after we'd both been sentenced to death by our jealous father.
Yeah, that would go over like a lead balloon. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

God, in these pages, becomes a way to express our universal desire to know and to comprehend the sacred. — Rachel Pollack

As long as we stick together , we can smash the sadness — Mikey Way

The institution was a cross between an orphanage and a slaughterhouse. Worst of all, it was run entirely by norms. The word alone would set my chin trembling. I would beg and grieve and he would allow that I deserved another chance. — Katherine Dunn

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that. — Jon Ronson

When you argue with someone, you always argue at the level of the person with the lowest level of intelligence. You never argue up. — Spuds Crawford