Mice And Men Summary Quotes & Sayings

I have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, 'A free field and no favor.' — Woodrow Wilson

Then Alan looked thoughtful and seemed reluctant to speak, perhaps because he had just written the sequel to the Star Wars novelization that Lucas had sold to Ballantine Books, but in his reserved and gentlemanly fashion he told the audience of a day when he had seen a rough cut of the film and had remarked on just this scientific illiteracy to Lucas. He had even suggested a workable alternative ... no, two workable alternatives ... and Lucas had said words to the effect of (approximate quote), "There's a lot of money tied up in this film and people expect to hear a boom when something blows up, so I'll give them the boom." And at that moment, the cynicism showed through. — Harlan Ellison

I wish to live without committing any fault at any time. — Benjamin Franklin

All who have read a few old books have picked up the old tactics of considering every new idea a 'heresy' which must be rooted out. — Lu Xun

If the sun were made of hamsters, the earth would be incinerated. — Michael Schumacher

We rise to a challenge and set a course. We take a decision. You put your mind to something. Just deciding to do it gets you halfway there. Daring to try. — Tim Winton

I do come from a very close family. And I'm fascinated, in particular, with family relationships and the relationships that we all form with friends who feel as close, if not closer, than family. — John Corey Whaley

I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter. — Mary Shelley

The nurses are pissed Pigpen gave me a fresh pair of jeans and a T-shirt to change into. — Katie McGarry

Sometimes I do wonder what college would have been like. But I made my decision. — Kobe Bryant

Abra was ready ere I called her name. And though I called another, Abra came. — John Steinbeck

There are only two living American authors fully deserving of the Nobel Prize. One is Lewis Mumford. The other is Wallace Stegner, whose novels and essays provide us a comprehensive portrait of industrial society in all its glittering corruption and radiant evil. — Edward Abbey

I stare awkwardly up at him as his eyes scan mine, morphing from forlorn into something darker, a fiery passion beaming out from somewhere deep inside his loins. — Lena Black

Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order. — Basil Hume