Oluchi African Quotes & Sayings

Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars. — Clifford Geertz

There's something about the way of playing a repellent character, that if you can play him with a certain amount of charm, you can get away with a lot. — Curtis Armstrong

Between funny and witty
Falls the shadow — Stephen Fry

You always miss your last shot," said Roone. The apple splashed down into the river, untouched. "See?" said Roone. "The day you make them all is the day you stop improving. — George R R Martin

I have a plan," he said.
"Yes," she said.
"Let's get married," he said.
"Yes," she said.
"Let's conquer the world," he said.
"Yes," she said. No one in her family had ever been accused of dreaming small.
"Let's bring the beau monde to its knees."
"Yes."
"Let's make them beg for your creations."
"Yes," she said. "Yes, yes, yes."
"Is tomorrow too soon?" he said.
"No." she said. "We've a great deal to do, you and I, conquering the world. We must start at once. We've not a minute to lose."
"I love hearing you say that," he said.
He kissed her. It lasted a long time.
And they would last, she was sure, a lifetime. On that she'd wager anything. — Loretta Chase

I think what Republicans want is someone who will stand up and lead, who will take on the great challenges of the day, who will make the case that the path we're on isn't working; that the Obama-economy is a disaster, that Obamacare is a trainwreck, that our constitutional rights are under assault and that we need to restore America's leadership in the world. — Ted Cruz

So thirsty of compliment is the basis of corruptive mind. — Toba Beta

Much of the U.S. Midwest is already running on bitumen. Do we want to extend this addiction? And at what cost? Or should we set other goals and say one to two million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands is all we really need to make the transition? — Andrew Nikiforuk

The wildest sound ever heard makes the woods ring far and wide. — Henry David Thoreau

The wrong-doing of one generation lives into the successive ones. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I lay there, no longer fighting, since my head was spinning too much. And because I wasn't going to win anyway. And because I kind of liked the feeling of sensual captivity, at least by this particular jailer. — Karen Chance

I wish we weren't like this. You know, demon, demon-hunter. I wish I'd met you in a normal high school, and taken you on normal dates, and like, carried your books or something. — Rachel Hawkins