Jermanovich Quotes & Sayings

Comedy is the only weapon I have to battle totalitarianism. — Margaret Cho

The rebels are firing all around us, yet for a moment it's so quiet you can hear your own breathing. Not a person but me in the world could deconstruct that sentence. If Meghan could hear her own breathing, it meant she was breathing fast. And since Meghan had a resting heart rate somewhere between coma and sleep because of all that swimming, if she was breathing fast, it meant she was afraid, which meant there was truly something to fear. — Anna Quindlen

I passed my classes because I displayed effort, not because I learned math. But how can we help young people understand life rarely gives partial credit for effort, especially if that effort doesn't lead to understanding or success? — Gina Barreca

Phrases of neatness, cosiness, and comfort can never be an answer to the sphinx's riddle. — William James

All romantics meet the same fate some day.
Drunk and cynical and boring someone in some dark cafe. — Joni Mitchell

must hand in their bicycles, Jews are banned from trams and are forbidden to drive. Jews are only allowed to do their shopping between three and five o'clock and then only in shops which bear the placard "Jewish shop". Jews must be indoors by eight o'clock and cannot even sit in their own gardens after that hour. Jews are forbidden to visit theatres, cinemas, and other places of entertainment. Jews may not take part in public sports. Swimming baths, tennis courts, hockey fields, and other sports grounds are all prohibited to them. Jews may not visit Christians. Jews must go to Jewish schools, and many more restrictions of a similar kind. — Anne Frank

You must learn to wait properly. — Eugen Herrigel

Something deep within me connected with hard work, nature and simplicity. — Jennifer Pharr Davis

I had no idea how greedy my heart really was. — Carol Rifka Brunt

It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat. — Ingrid Newkirk

Love is sunshine, music, nature, my puppies, my boyfriend, my parents, my siblings, my true friends. It's a connection that allows us to coexist on this planet. — Syesha Mercado