Junaro Quotes & Sayings

Squareness is such a uniquely intellectual disease. — Robert M. Pirsig

The woman on the bed was old, her life was fading as the mist rose. She thought of her mother as already in the grave; and she would not let herself be strangled by the hands of the dead. "I'm going, Ma," she said. "I got to go. — James Baldwin

So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out. — John Steinbeck

It was a marriage of convenience, as my father had a blister on his big toe and couldn't travel far to find a girl. — W.C. Fields

I must really rest a little before I can get on any farther. When I have reclined for a few minutes, with my eyes closed, and when Louis has refreshed my poor aching temples with a little eau-de-Cologne, I may be able to proceed. — Wilkie Collins

Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. — Thomas Jefferson

My cut is blunt and futuristic, and Nicki Minaj started wearing that bob on her head after she came to my show, so at the end of the day, I know what I do, and I know what I possess, and I know who I am. I'm a trendsetter. The biggest form of flattery is imitation, so I'm flattered. — Lil' Mama

If shackling former prisoners with a lifetime of debt and authorizing discrimination against them in employment, housing, education, and public benefits is not enough to send the message that they are not wanted and not even considered full citizens, then stripping voting rights from those labeled criminals surely gets the point across. — Michelle Alexander

Every experience lays the foundation for the ultimate success. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I really am not a weakling. We like to do a lot of takes, so it ends up being pretty physically grueling. — Natalie Zea

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me. — Jean M. Auel

If you come to any of my live shows, you'll see, it's very frenetic. I have the attention span of a gnat. — Howie Mandel

Memory is a funny thing. It tricks you into believing that you've forgotten important moments, and then when you're raking your brain for a bit of information that might make sense of something else, it taps you on the head and says, Remember when you told me to put that memory in the green rubbish bin? Well, I didn't, I put it in the black recycling tub, and it's coming your way again. — Melina Marchetta