Owlishly Quotes & Sayings

It is not music's function to express rational necessities. — Artur Schnabel

Maybe. Anyway, some men get what they want.
No man. Or perhaps only briefly so as to lose it. Or perhaps only to prove to the dreamer that the world of his longing made real is no longer that world at all. — Cormac McCarthy

One does not adopt a new idea, one slips into it. — Jean-Paul Sartre

Lunch looks grand, Meg. You've really outdone yourself," James commented, loading his plate. He frowned down at an escaping carrot extending precariously over the plate edge and
eased it back with his fingertip, then grunted and promptly stuck the burnt digit in his mouth. "I've been trying to eat better, organic and all. Are these vegetables free range?" he asked with a straight face.
The table fell silent as several sets of eyes blinked owlishly back at him. With an equally straight face Beth speared a roasted wedge and studied it. "I don't think potatoes require much
grazing room, genius," she deadpanned. — Shannon MacLeod

I wish someone would give me one shred of neutral evidence that financial innovation has led to economic growth - one shred of evidence. — Paul Volcker

...watch an animal, and be reminded of what total integrity looks like. — Douglas Green

One moment, please ... We interrupt our regular program to bring you this special bulletin: It's a nice day outside. — Charles M. Schulz

When we're there I'll create a distraction. You have to keep your wits about you, Lady Rogan. Watch me all the time. When I make my move, you make it with me and we run."
I blinked owlishly, hoping I'd heard wrong. "That's your big plan? A distraction?"
He smiled cheekily at me. "Yes. It's good, right?"
"You're going to get us killed."
"Well, since you got us kidnapped in the first place, I think it's only fair. — Samantha Young

The weather was fine, the valleys literally covered with buffaloe, and everything seemed to promise a safe and speedy movement to the first grove of timber on my route, supposed to be about ten days' march. — William Henry Ashley

We once went 13 games without winning. There's always pressure here. Winning is always important here. How do you handle yourself and compose yourself is important.
(on Manchester United) — Alex Ferguson

Zedar was gone ... As an owl, though, I was able to drift silently from tree to tree until I caught up with him ... He wasn't really hard to follow, since he'd conjured up a dim, greenish light to see by
and to hold off the boogiemen. Did I ever tell you that Zedar's afraid of the dark? That adds another dimension to his present situation, doesn't it?
He was bundled to the ears in furs, and he was muttering to himself as he floundered along through the snow. Zedar talks to himself a lot. He always has.
... I drifted to a nearby tree and watched him
owlishly.
Sorry. I couldn't resist that. — David Eddings

Most of the time, if you ask a kid who's their best friend, it's usually a classmate or their neighbor or something, but for me, it was my granddad. Everybody knew him - they called him Mr. Jones. — Chris Paul

The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents. — Eric Holder

The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity. — Dan Savage

I always loved clothes, just not clothes that were appropriate to the place I grew up in. — Colleen Atwood

In every thing that relates to science, I am a whole Encyclopaedia behind the rest of the world. — Charles Lamb

As I get older, the things I'm sure of become fewer. — J. A. Jance

Who knew Demon Child would have such a normal name? I expected something exotic like Serena or Destiny or the Evil One That Comes in the Night to Make Us Chilly. — Darynda Jones