Nel Zel Quotes & Sayings

Dead men may envy living mites in cheese,
Or good germs even. Microbes have their joys,
And subdivide, and never come to death. — Wilfred Owen

When I opened my case in the hotel, he gestured excitedly at my snakeskin sandals, turquoise suede wedges and silver-speckled jellies. "But you've loads of shoes," he bellowed joyfully. I shook my head sadly. Men just don't get it, do they? They're definitely missing the shoe chromosome. — Marian Keyes

All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss. — Edmund Spenser

In practice, the goal of skepticism is not the discovery of truth, but the exposure of other people's errors. It plays a useful role in science, religion, scholarship, and common sense. But we need to remember that it is a weapon serving belief or self-interest; we need to be skeptical of skeptics. The more militant the skeptic, the stronger the belief. — Rupert Sheldrake

Wives?" she asked, interrupting him. For a moment, he had assumed she was tuning to the novel. Then he saw her waiting, suspicious eyes, so he replied cautiously, "None active," as if wives were volcanoes. — John Le Carre

Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving. Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were. — Bob Burg

I've yet to write a stand-up show that isn't autobiographical. — Mike Birbiglia

Machismo makes no provision for preparing lunch, doing the laundry, or minding the baby. — Mason Cooley

Even beauty cannot always palliate eccentricity. — Honore De Balzac