Mylandrum Quotes & Sayings

When someone says to me, Ugh, you smoke. I reply, Ugh, you're ugly. I can quit smoking. — Winston Churchill

Is this Nero Wolfe's house?" The voice got me one-half awake. "Yes. Archie Goodwin." "This is Sarah Jaffee. I'm awfully sorry, Mr. Goodwin, did I wake you up?" "Not quite. Go ahead and finish it. — Rex Stout

There is no difference in the destination, the only difference is in the journey. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

Take the one about the time he was sitting next to a clean-living Methodist bishop - at a reception, allegedly, in Canada - when a good-looking young waitress came up and offered them both a glass of sherry from a tray. Churchill took one. But the bishop said, 'Young lady, I would rather commit adultery than take an intoxicating beverage.' At which point Churchill beckoned the girl, and said, 'Come back, lassie, I didn't know we had a choice. — Boris Johnson

Some postdivorce statistics:
* James saw the children 75 percent less than before.
* He missed 85 percent of their afterschool woes.
* He was absent for 99 percent of their family dinners.
Screw statistics. ONe hundred percent of Charlotte's marriage had ended in divorce, and for her, that was the only number that meant anything at all. — Shannon Hale

I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. — Yann Martel

Water is a very good servant, but it is a cruel master. — Charles G.D. Roberts

Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up. — Hudson Taylor

I don't like the rain forest," Ragnor said sadly.
"That's because you are not open to new experiences in the same way I am!"
"No, it is because it is wetter than a boar's armpit and twice as smelly here."
Magnus pushed a dripping frond out of his eyes. "I admit you make an excellent point and also paint a vivid picture with your words. — Cassandra Clare

However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain it. One who has written a good book, is expected on all occasions to "talk like a book." Or, if one has achieved an act of heroism, he is expected to perform acts of heroism for the edification of all who approach him. There are people who can never believe they see a lion unless they hear him roar. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things. — Russell Simmons

It may be true that, if I could con-
vince everyone in the world that I was the King of France, I would in
fact become the King of France; but it would never work if I were to
admit that this was the only basis of my claim. In this sense, politics
is very similar to magic - one reason both politics and magic tend, just
about everywhere, to be surrounded by a certain halo of fraud. — David Graeber

The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead. — John Ortberg

As far as a guy like Ray Lewis is concerned, you know he's going to be around the ball all the time. — Jamal Lewis