Kurzens Mystery Quotes & Sayings

Knowing that there was such a thing as outdoors bred in us a hunger for property, for ownership. The firm possession of a yard, a porch, a grape arbor. Propertied black people spent all their energies, all their love, on their nests. Like frenzied, desperate birds, they overdecorated everything; fussed and fidgeted over their hard-won homes; canned, jellied, and preserved all summer to fill the cupboards and shelves; they painted, picked, and poked at every corner of their houses. And these houses loomed like hothouse sunflowers among the rows of weeds that were the rented houses. — Toni Morrison

I see no reason why Indians who can give satisfactory proof of having by their own labor supported their families for a number of years, and who are willing to detach themselves from their tribal relations, should not be admitted to the benefit of the homestead act and the privileges of citizenship, and I recommend the passage of a law to that effect. It will be an act of justice as well as a measure of encouragement. — Rutherford B. Hayes

I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that. — Christie Brinkley

Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them. — Robert M. Pirsig

Is this my best team ever? I won't know that for another 20 years or so. — Amos Alonzo Stagg

For the president to resign now would be wrong. President Clinton may have debased himself with his behavior, but we shouldn't debase the office with an impulsive overreaction. — George Stephanopoulos

First contact comes not by hand of man, but by metal of machine. — Ryan Sean O'Reilly

The movie, if I recall, didn't have to do with the television show because there were concerns from everyone that they didn't want it to be like the TV show. — David Selby

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at. — Wilson Mizner

Why should you have to atone for making big movies? — Emily Blunt

looking at him. But she knew he was — Lisa Renee Jones

Knowledge causes depression and a lot of pressure. — Deyth Banger