Ochterbeck Houston Quotes & Sayings

When the eyes are on you for the first time, you can't believe that people aren't criticising you. — Rosamund Pike

There are no roads in British Columbia. There are only corners joined together. And nowhere is this truer than in Vancouver. In this city, pedestrians, even those within clearly marked crosswalks
especially those within clearly marked crosswalks
are viewed not as nuisances to be avoided but as obstacles to be overcome. Rising to the challenge, Vancouver drivers will attempt to weave through these pedestrians without knocking any over
and, here's the fun part, without ever applying the brakes. Swoosh, swoosh: downtown slalom. Pedestrians, in turn, try to keep things interesting by crisscrossing the streets at random, like neutrons in a particle accelerator. They cross the street like this because, being from Vancouver, they naturally have a sense of entitlement. Either that or they're stoned. — Will Ferguson

God was a poet the day he made Jude. — Juliette Cross

In publishing 'JFK: Reckless Youth' almost twenty years ago, I had gotten into trouble myself with the Kennedys. Not because of my portrait of JFK - which was highly laudatory - but because I had described his parents, Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, in less-than-flattering terms. — Nigel Hamilton

Teasing is veiled hostility and is almost never funny, unless the teasee has openly agreed to relate that way. — Sue Patton Thoele

My dad, coming from a very traditional family, always wanted me to be a doctor. So he would always ask me, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' And I'd have to say 'Dr. Chen.' — Jane Chen

Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, 'He is one and He has no associates'. — Idries Shah

It is my opinion that the isolated mind loses its purchase on reality all too easily and becomes prone to fantasy. — Frank Tallis

Hangovers had a way of teaching people that drinking alcohol was not a good idea. — John Flanagan

I appeal to the Youth and those on the ground: start talking to each other across divisions of race and political organizations. — Nelson Mandela

Writing is solitary, so I love going out once in a while and meeting my readers. I'll often hang with them after a signing for some beers. They're invariably bright! — F. Paul Wilson

But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them. — Ursula K. Le Guin