Klemeyer John Quotes & Sayings

It would be good now, I thought, to be in Paris. The afternoon city heat would have gone. It would be good to sit under the trees near the marionette theatre. It would be quiet there now. There would be no one there but a student or two reading. There you could listen to the rustle of leaves unconscious of the pains of humanity in labour, of a civilisation hastening to its own destruction. There, away from this brassy sea and blood-red earth, you could contemplate the twentieth-century tragedy unmoved; unmoved except by pity for mankind fighting to save itself from the primeval ooze that welled from its own subconscious being. — Eric Ambler

I've been to a lot of places while touring, but I'd have to say Switzerland was my favorite. — Drake Bell

War was never so careful as to inflict suffering only where it was merited. — Orson Scott Card

I've got a happy marriage, which is the most important singular thing. — Denis Healey

In the battle between logic and crazy, crazy always wins. — Jenna Black

He {Erik} filled Christine's mind through the terror with which he inspired her, but the dear child's heart belonged wholly to the Vicomte Raoul de Chagny. While they played about like an innocent engaged couple on the upper floors of the opera, to avoid the monster, they little suspected that someone was watching over them. — Gaston Leroux

Ish #1 It's not your mama's macaroni and cheese if you used spaghetti noodles. — Regina Griffin

The saying "Getting there is half the fun" became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines. — Henry Tillman

I think people never hear what they say, and speech is a mocking sound instead of a jazz concert. — Mike Bass

In that moment, the machinery of the world lined up. Somewhere a clock struck midnight, and Hugo's future seemed to fall perfectly into place. — Brian Selznick

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore. — Constance Baker Motley

For me, my awkward phase corresponded to an interest in rock n' roll. From experience, I'm guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band. — The Edge

Only the ego can fear, experience hate, lust and jealousy. Humility experiences none of these things - it merges into the transcendental awareness of perfection. — Frederick Lenz