Long Islander Quotes & Sayings

Some field days can be tough. I've worked inside fuel tanks with 3 foot ceilings, in -42 to +42 Celsius temperatures, in snow and smoke and hail, and I've dug through snow and ice and pavement to find legal evidence. I've worked clear through the night by headlamp, and I've flown in a rickety long-islander with propane tanks strapped into the other seats. I've jury-rigged missing equipment, broken into my own truck, and cut out an emergency helicopter pad with a machete. I've been hungry, cold, tired, lost, injured, and downright hopeless! — Mark Mason

My clothes are great for a honeymoon: They're light and sexy, colorful and pretty, and not expensive. — Diane Von Furstenberg

I'm going to do whatever the world tells me to. I'm going to act like I'm in a goddamn Bob Dylan song and blow in the direction of the wind. I'm going to pretend my future's wide open, and that anything can happen. — Nicola Yoon

And if 'saturation' means that one simply could not absorb or contain one single drop more, why does 'saturation' not bring with it a connotation of satisfaction, either in concept, or in experience? — Maggie Nelson

You are the human clay," Vosch whispers fiercely in my ear. "And I am Michelangelo. I am the master builder, and you will be my masterpiece. — Rick Yancey

The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern improvements in the practice of government. — Alexander Hamilton

But how do schools help matters?" "They give the peasant fresh wants. — Leo Tolstoy

But some of us cannot see love, she said to herself, even when it is there, right before us, asking us to invite it in. — Alexander McCall Smith

To a woman, the first kiss tells all about a relationship. — Aman Jassal

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside. — Sammy Davis Jr.

by knowing someone's needs and doing them a favor, you own them. You will be able to get them to do a lot more for you, further down the line, when you need them to. — Daniel Smith

There are two ways to improve your service, and yourself: maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. — Ron Kaufman

If you feel good, you stand up a bit straighter. — Rachel Roy