Jonah's Gourd Vine Quotes & Sayings

Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked him in various ways - with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all, and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour, Lady Lucas. Her report was highly favourable. Sir William had been delighted with him. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party. Nothing could be more delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's heart were entertained. — Jane Austen

Life is short, and life is beautiful, and everything is lovely. Love it, embrace it, smell the lilacs, play with the dog, and love endlessly and fiercely with everything you've got. Live without regret. — Daisy Whitney

Thank God for the aged And for age itself, and illness and the grave. When we are old and ill, and particularly in the coffin, It is no trouble to behave. — T.H. White

In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

This is the universal property of the human mind. Abstract rules form the core of everything from computer programs to grammars. Our results show that babies' minds are built to look for such rules - even without being told. — Gary Marcus

There is very little you can do to change others but you can certainly change your life in the process. — Timothy Pina

But still . . . there was a charge in the air. It was Mardi Gras in New Orleans, after all. — Penelope Douglas

The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching. — Aaron Yoo

Without madness what is man
But a wholesome beast,
Postponed corpse that begets? — Fernando Pessoa

No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work. — Hilda Solis

Choices determine character. — Brandon Mull

I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world. — Samantha Power