Meridiana Texas Quotes & Sayings

Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some alligator pepper and a lump of white chalk.
"I have kola," he announced when he sat down, and passed the disc over to his guest.
"Thank you. He who brings kola brings life. But I think you ought to break it," replied Okoye passing back the disc.
"No, it is for you, I think," and they argued like this for a few moments before Unoka accepted the honor of breaking the kola. Okoye, meanwhile, took the lump of chalk, drew some lines on the floor, and then painted his big toe. — Chinua Achebe

The more tremendous the divinity is represented, the more tame and submissive do men become his ministers: And the more unaccountable the measures of acceptance required by him, the more necessary does it become to abandon our natural reason, and yield to their ghostly guidance and direction. — David Hume

When we forget our essential similarities, we forget how to get along, and that cannot but lead to prejudice, discrimination, and eventually, conflict. — G. Norman Lippert

From the look on your face, I'd say you know him."
I nodded. "Sold him a cannoli when I was in high school."
Connie grunted. "Honey, half of all the women in New Jersey have sold him their cannoli — Janet Evanovich

Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I do, if I do forget, will you remind me? — Lex Martin

If I cover my head with my hands, it means deny the ball to the opponent's ball handler. — Don Meyer

Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul — Dean Koontz

I like animals more than I like most people. They don't judge you. They're always happy to see you and they act like you're the most wonderful person in the world. — Chris Cannon

Vic had gotten rid of the Hoff years ago. The Hoff was a loser, and Trans Ams were oil-leaking shitboxes. She didn't miss him. — Joe Hill

Bullets don't differentiate between good or bad. They are equal opportunity killers. — Caridad Pineiro