Nolley Caribbean Quotes & Sayings

I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing. — Richard Rorty

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. — Samuel Butler

Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the music. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

but racism is about the power of a group and in America it's white folks who have that power. How? Well, white folks don't get treated like shit in upper-class African-American communities and white folks don't get denied bank loans or mortgages precisely because they are white and black juries don't give white criminals worse sentences than black criminals for the same crime and black police officers don't stop white folk for driving while white and black companies don't choose not to hire somebody because their name sounds white and black teachers don't tell white kids that they're not smart enough to be doctors and black politicians don't try some tricks to reduce the voting power of white folks through gerrymandering and advertising agencies don't say they can't use white models to advertise glamorous products because they are not considered "aspirational" by the "mainstream." So — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Are you going to tame our little Sissy, Mitchell?
Sissy rubbed her face, annoyed, and Mitch answered honestly, I'm really too lazy to try and tame anybody. If I had my way, I'd spend all day sleeping under a tree, maybe rolling out occasionally to sun my belly, and then I expect someone to bring me food. I could live like that forever! — Shelly Laurenston

A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known. — Rumi

I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking 'cause my wife left me. — Nicolas Cage

your dad just got married without telling you about it. — B.B. Hamel

Different styles work for different guys ... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup. — Cal Ripken Jr.

Haydon had found his charm again. He could do that at the drop of a hat. He drew you and he repelled you. I remember that exactly. He danced all ways for you, playing your emotions against each other because he had none of his own. — John Le Carre

Their goal was in sight. They had a Titan with a very loud kitten on their side. That had to count for something. — Rick Riordan