Macphees Miniature Quotes & Sayings

Sentimentality is loving something more than God does. — J.D. Salinger

Well!" said John Slater, after having acknowledged his nose and his likeness; "I could laugh at a jest as well as e'er the best on 'em, though it did tell agen mysel, if I were not clemming" (his eyes filled with tears; he was a poor, pinched, sharp-featured man, with a gentle and melancholy expression of countenance), "and if I could keep from thinking of them at home, as is clemming; but with their cries for food ringing in my ears, and making me afeard of going home, and wonder if I should hear 'em wailing out, if I lay cold and drowned at th' bottom o' th' canal, there - why, man, I cannot laugh at aught. It seems to make me sad that there is any as can make game on what they've never knowed; as can make such laughable pictures on men, whose very hearts within 'em are so raw and sore as ours were and are, God help us." John — Elizabeth Gaskell

Instinct is a makeshift, an admission of helplessness before the problem of reality. — Leo Frobenius

The three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day. — Carol Ryrie Brink

Ice cream was for assassins who finished their targets. — Charlie Jane Anders

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for u theirs is the kingdom of heaven. — Anonymous

If my preaching of this cross is not an offense to the natural man, I am misrepresenting it. — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

No one reads novels anymore. And I don't see the situation improving. People prefer video games, reality TV, and films. There are so many reasons now not to read novels. — Gore Vidal

Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem. — Oprah Winfrey

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered. — Lou Brock

Small things lead to big changes. — Allen Hershkowitz

I have this old worn-out, skintight T-shirt that I love. That's sexy. — Liz Vassey