Membrillo Quotes & Sayings

She could not fail to observe that a life of academic distinction was singularly ill rewarded. She had no desire whatever to teach and she took pleasure in contacts with minds much less brilliant than her own. In short, she had a taste for people, all sorts of people - and not the same people the whole time. — Agatha Christie

Well, you probably will always believe there should be laws against fraud, and I don't think there is any need for a law against fraud. — Alan Greenspan

The water of the river is the calmest, where the deepest. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts. — John Dryden

Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need. — Jesse Owens

I always wanted to be a criminal, but not this big a one. — Charles Starkweather

She didn't mean to be sexy that moment, but even a winter nightgown couldn't hide that lovely outline. When will I outgrow my simple-minded fascination with the form she had happened to choose for her body? Never, I thought — Richard Bach

I don't write for catharsis; I have to write to understand. — Joan Didion