Marwell Manor Quotes & Sayings

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. — John Dickinson

General Patton, upon seeing the Roman ruins at Agrigento, remarked to a local expert, "Seventh Army didn't cause that destruction, did it, sir?" The man replied, "No sir, that happened in the last war." "What war was that?" "The Second Punic War."5 — Robert M. Edsel

Oh sorry, I was taking life seriously. — Bill Hicks

- I won't be able to think. I won't be able to work.
- Nothing will interfere with your work like suicide.
(Silence)
- I dreamt that I went to the doctor's and she gave me eight minutes to live. I'd been sitting in the fucking waiting room for half an hour.
(A long silence)
- Okay, let's do it, let's do the drugs, let's do the chemical lobotomy, let's shut down the higher functions of my brain and perhaps I'll be a bit more fucking capable of living.
Let's do it. — Sarah Kane

Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy. — George Washington

I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again. — Jenny Offill

Boobs," she mumbled around a second slice of pizza. "Boobs are huge now. I hate it. I feel like I'm incubating aliens and they're ready to hatch. — Maya Banks

Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term. — Reed Hastings

I was arrested in September 2011 and detained for nine months before I was found guilty in June 2012 under Ethiopia's overly broad Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, which ostensibly covers the 'planning, preparation, conspiracy, incitement and attempt' of terrorist acts. — Eskinder Nega

Fabio kept asking me out, but I knew we'd never get his ego through the door. — Lorna Luft

As I get older, I just prefer to knit. — Tracey Ullman

France in August when you can travel through the entire country without encountering a single pesky Frenchman or being bothered with anything that's open for business. — P. J. O'Rourke

If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody. — Mercedes Lackey

When the desire is too much to bear, we often bury it beneath frenzied thoughts and activities or escape it by dulling our immediate consciousness of living. It is possible to run away from the desire for years, even decades, at a time, but we cannot eradicate it entirely. It keeps touching us in little glimpses and hints in our dreams, our hopes, our unguarded moments. — Gerald May