Littlejohns Yarn Quotes & Sayings

We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect. — Bernie Glassman

We have nothing. We solace ourselves with the great men of our tribe, the Gandhi and the Nehru, and we castrate ourselves. 'Here, take my manhood and invest it for me. Take my manhood and be a greater man yourself, for my sake! — V.S. Naipaul

people who throw kisses are helplessly lazy — Bob Hope

I'm 37 years old and don't have a steady paycheck. — Joe Lando

Often ill comes from the good, as good from ill. — Herman Melville

We do not fear the flame, though it burns us,
We do not fear the fire, though it consumes us,
And we do not fear its light,
Though it reveals the darkness of our souls,
For therein lies our power.
-- Blood Oath of the Iron Elves — Chris Evans

You can't change the past, only the future, and the only place you could change the future was in the present. That's what they said. — Kate Atkinson

Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil saith, It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be. — Francis Bacon

What change has made the pastures sweet
And reached the daisies at my feet,
And cloud that wears a golden hem?
This lovely world, the hills, the sward
They all look fresh, as if our Lord
But yesterday had finished them. — Jean Ingelow

People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business. — Dave Mason