Ostriker American Quotes & Sayings

But you can do one, you can do the other, or you can do both - meaning fight it out but be in a place that's more comfortable. — Donald Trump

What a marvellous invention man is! He can blow on his hands to warm them up, and blow on his soup to cool it down. — Georges Perec

There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component ... But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind. — Deepak Chopra

The AM were wicked bright and us a bit sick however we scored our wake ups boosting some items at a sidewalk sale in the Harvard Squar where it were warm upping and the snow coming off onnings and then later Poor Tony ran across an old Patty citizen type of his old aquaintance from like the Cape and Poor Tony got over and pretended like he would give a blow job On The House and we got the citizen to get in his ride with us and crewed on him good and we got enough $ off the Patty type to get straightened out for true all day and crewed on him hard and C wanted we should elemonade the Patty's map for keeps and everything like that and take his ride to this — David Foster Wallace

Jack the Ripper's mother, who said to Jack, How come I never see you with the same girl twice? Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons

While you fake it, you are. — Ben Tolosa

Teacher: Why is the Mississippi such an unusual river? Student: Because it has four eyes and can't see! *** — Various

The child's personality is a product of slow gradual growth. His nervous system matures by stages and natural sequences. He sits before he stands; he babbles before he talks; he fabricates before he tells the truth; he draws a circle before he draws a square; he is selfish before he is altruistic; he is dependent on others before he achieves dependence on self. All of his abilities, including his morals, are subject to laws of growth. The task of child care is not to force him into a predetermined pattern but to guide his growth. — Arnold Gesell

Done and done," P.J. said curtly. "Both front towers are clear. Giddy up, cowboys. Let's rope the goat and get back home. — Maya Banks

It's nice to have a station pet. Wish it wasn't trapped in a hovering prison in the men's bathroom, but listen: no pet is perfect. It becomes perfect when you learn to accept it for what it is. — Cecil Baldwin

The work of Jana Harris is unique in American writing. She has always had a voice of true grit - sometimes harsh, sometimes funny, always close to the bone, tart, and indomitable. — Alicia Ostriker

Suspicion is like the rain. It falls on the just and on the unjust. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

What I'm saying... I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary. — Rick Riordan

One of the great joys in life is having ones hair brushed. — Lise Friedman

God only knows how much I'd love you if you let me, but I can't break through at all. — John Mayer