Joker Card Quotes & Sayings

The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends. — William Faulkner

Like any joker, he was watching For the card that is so high and wild He'll never need to deal another He was just some Joseph looking for a manger — Leonard Cohen

I don't think reading is a pleasure I'll ever be able to abandon. — Jen Turano

She was alone and destitute in a world of pointless carnage. By an eight-hundred-year-old Sepahrdic tradition she ad been since the age of twelve and a half "bogeret l'reshut nafsha"
an adult wit authority over her own soul. The Torah taught, Choose life. And so, rather than die of pride, Sofia Mendes sold what she had to sell, and she survived. — Mary Doria Russell

And the first historical form of sexlove as a passion, as an attribute of every human being (at least of the ruling classes), the specific character of the highest form of the sexual impulse, this first form, the love of the knights in the middle ages, was by no means matrimonial love, but quite the contrary. — Friedrich Engels

Sometimes you come to realize you understand something but you can't explain it to anyone, not even yourself. This is perhaps the most sacred kind of understanding. — James Rozoff

We are no longer worried that children are missing school because of video games, though. We are worried that they are murdering their classmates because of video games. — Tom Bissell

Have you not sometimes seen happiness? Yes, the happiness of others. — Arsene Houssaye

So, I'm thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of 'The Joker' as a name, and as soon as I thought that, I associate it with the playing card, as my family had a tradition of champion playing; my brother was a contract champion bridge player. There were always cards around the house. — Jerry Robinson

Comme l'imagination a cre e le monde, elle le gouverne. Because imagination created the world, it governs it. — Charles Baudelaire

I starved and slept on park benches. I wrapped myself in the pages of my manuscript to keep warm. For two and a half years I took odd jobs; nothing was going to deter me. — Gary Jennings

I have N'Sync and Aerosmith and Britney Spears. I have a trifecta from hell. — Lewis Black

Never give up on your dreams. No matter how many people say it's impossible, no matter how difficult your journey is, you can create your ideal life. Your heart's desires can become reality. Make things better now by taking steps every day to get closer to the life you want. And never, ever give up. — Susane Colasanti