Marmots Animals Quotes & Sayings

As to animals," said the Count unexpectedly, "whatever one says, I maintain that the rodent family has a certain charm about it."
"The rodent family ... ?" replied the Baron, not getting the drift at all.
"Rabbits, marmots, squirrels, and the like."
"You have pets of that sort, sir?"
"No, sir, not at all. Too much of an odor. It would be all over the house."
"Ah, I see. Very charming, but you wouldn't have them in the house, is that it?"
"Well, sir, in the first place, they seem to have been ignored by the poets, d'you see. And what has no place in a poem has no place in my house. That's my family rule."
"I see."
"No, I don't keep them as pets. But they're such fuzzy, timid little creatures that I can't help thinking there's no more charming animal."
"Yes, Count, I quite agree."
"Actually, sir, every charming creature, no matter what sort, seems to have a strong odor."
"Yes, indeed, sir. I believe one might say so. — Yukio Mishima

Women cannot serve two masters at once who are urgently beaming antithetical orders ... Either we believe in patriarchy the rule of men over women - or we believe in equality. — Sonia Johnson

I'm a hedonist when it comes to culinary delights. — Robin Wright

You can be a top, top player for 10, 20 years, then you become a coach, lose two or three games and you're out. — Roger Milla

Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how you get bacteria or insects in the first place. — William A. Dembski

Elk have not been seen in Switzerland for many a year. In the interests of scientific accuracy, please strike the idea of elk from your mind. If you must, think of ibexes instead, a fierce and agile type of goat with great spiraling horns. Marmots will also do in a pinch, but under no circumstances should you think of elk. No. Elk. The elkless among you may now proceed. — Maryrose Wood

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable. — Oliver Goldsmith

Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified. — G.K. Chesterton

If a spiritual teacher says something that doesn't make sense to you, you should always listen to yourself and not the teacher. A little common sense would end all cults. — Frederick Lenz

I do plan on saying one or two things to him when we're allowed an hour for goodbyes. To let him know how essential he's been to me all these years. How better my life has been for knowing him. — Suzanne Collins

Yossarian attended the education sessions because he wanted to find out why so many people were working so hard to kill him. — Joseph Heller

My grandmother Izzy taught me to balance her checkbook when I was 6 years old. She would sign the checks after I paid the bills. I had a chuckle with my grandmother recently on how 'unbalanced' her checkbook must have been years ago. — Mary Callahan Erdoes

The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart ... — Baha'u'llah

Tank's a fantastic human being, as far as fighting's concerned. — Jim Brown

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. — Maya Angelou

You're each others 'The One', just make sure you are each other's RIGHT one. — J. Thomas Steele