Marquesan Islanders Quotes & Sayings

I wanna buy a bunch of hermit crabs and make them live together. — Demetri Martin

There is no state of satisfaction, because to himself no man is a success. — Ellen Glasgow

The term 'Savage' is, I conceive, often misapplied, and indeed, when I consider the vices, cruelties, and enormities of every kind that spring up in the tainted atmosphere of a feverish civilization, I am inclined to think that so far as the relative wickedness of the parties is concerned, four or five Marquesan Islanders sent to the United States as Missionaries might be quite as useful as an equal number of Americans despatched to the Islands in a similar capacity. — Herman Melville

I definitely don't want to be one of those athletes who turns into a cheesy actress. — Gina Carano

I mean what they and their hired psychiatrists call delusional systems. Needless to say, 'delusions' are always officially defined. We do not have to worry about questions of real or unreal. They only talk out of expediency. It's the system that matters. How the data arrange themselves inside it. Some are consistent, others fall apart. — Thomas Pynchon

Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free. — Noam Chomsky

She breathes in shallow sips. The smell of the human remains, and of years of enclosed decay, freights the air so heavily it's almost a physical presence. With — M.R. Carey

Before we go, I gotta know: If mind-reading abilities are real, there's something else I wondered if fiction got right about vampires-"
"Ask me if I sparkle and I'll kill you where you stand," Bones cut him off with utmost seriousness. — Jeaniene Frost

In other words, who dares to strike today,when having the security of a permanent job is itself becoming a privilege? — Slavoj Zizek

If she'd kept up her AAA membership, she would have called them, but after the divorce, she'd had to cut some things out. Roadside assistance was one of them. Aargh. — Melody Snow Monroe

Eventually, I manage to cheer Mum up by allowing her to go through my wardrobe and criticize all my clothes ... — Helen Fielding

If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it. — Ron Dellums