Kippered Quotes & Sayings

Oh! do look at Miss Oriel's bonnet the next time you see her. I cannot understand why it should be so, but I am sure of this - no English fingers could put together such a bonnet as that; and I am nearly sure that no French fingers could do it in England. — Anthony Trollope

How do we change - within moments, the whole form of our habits and dispositions may become alien to us, and we almost cannot remember what we were. — M T Anderson

What you believe in, is the life you decide. — Keshia Chante

The braid is always stronger than the strand. — Ryan Graudin

It was a glorious supper. There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis - a celebrated Scotch dish, gentlemen, which my uncle used to say always looked to him, when it came to table, very much like a Cupid's stomach - and a great many other things besides, that I forget the names of, but very good things, notwithstanding. — Charles Dickens

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left. — Julian Clary

I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married. — Joe Namath

High school sweetheart is such an
innocuous-sounding term for something that can tear out your guts. — Daria Snadowsky

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest. — Jules Renard

At lunch, I sit with Charlie, surrounded by people but alone. They are talking to me and around me, but I can't hear them. I pretend to be interested in one of my books, but the words dance on the page, and I tell myself to smile so that no one will see, and I smile and I nod and I do a pretty good job of it. — Jennifer Niven

It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break. — R.L. LaFevers

They say we live in hard times. They say the world is full of suffering and pain and ignorance and violence. But is that not better than helpless, grinned and beared mediocrity? Is this not the time of opportunity? When will we learn the importance of peace, if not in war? When will we learn the importance of loving ourselves except through self-hatred? How else will we come together except to realize how we hurt when we are apart? The world is not full of horror. It is full of opportunity. It is not lacking in love. It is hungry for it. So eat. So feed. — Vironika Tugaleva

It seems only yesterday that I used to believe there was nothing under my skin but light. If you cut me I would shine. But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life, I skin my knees. I bleed. — Billy Collins

Adultery is not about sex or romance. Ultimately, it is about how little we mean to one another. — Leonard Michaels

A moral principle in genetic testing is that it should always be done with the consent of the individual. No one wants someone snooping into his DNA. — Arthur Caplan