Peffermill Quotes & Sayings

Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter. — Boris Sidis

On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president. — Dee Dee Myers

All the oxygen of the world was in them.
All the feet of the babies of the world were in them.
All the crotches of the angels of the world were in them.
All the morning kisses of Philadelphia were in them. — Anne Sexton

In reality there are no separate events. Life moves along like water, it's all connected to the source of the river is connected to the mouth and the ocean. — Alan W. Watts

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid. — William Faulkner

Thatcher once said that if she were a visitor from Mars required to create a constitutional system, I would set up ... a hereditary monarchy, wonderfully trained, in duty and in leadership which understands example, which is always there, which is above politics, for which the whole nation has an affection and which is a symbol of patriotism. — Sally Bedell Smith

Be nice to his family. Pretend not to notice the way their house smells. Pretend to like their food. Mimic their barbaric customs at the dinner table. — Laura Yes Yes

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business. — Walter Lippmann

Don't go back over the past. Let it depart, never to return. — Naguib Mahfouz

I like friends who, when you tell them you need a moment alone, know enough not to stray too far. — Robert Breault

Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing. — Jerry Bridges

Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. — Joe Scarborough