Peisley Quotes & Sayings

You can lie at a banquet but you have to be honest in the kitchen. — William Stafford

Caught between the longing for love, and the struggle for the legal tender, where the sirens sing and the church bells ring, and the junk man pounds his fender. Where the veterans dream of the fight, fast asleep at the traffic light, and the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor. — Jackson Browne

There is that great thing of D.C. being Hollywood for ugly people. There's very distinct crossover behaviors. — Timothy Simons

I'm fighting and I'm winning and I'm living. The full package. — Charlie Higson

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history. — Erskine Bowles

Then giving another taste to his drink, leaving it more than half full, he would make a rather stately progress to the booth, partly closing the door. He would take down the receiver and hesitantly begin speaking into the mouthpiece. Actually Mr. Sendel was talking only to himself. He would talk for several minutes into the silent phone, explaining how worried he was and how despairing it was at his time of life when all or almost all those dear to one have departed. — James Purdy

So you're a vampire, eh?"
"'Eh'?" he asked.
"I've decided to turn Canadian."
"I thought you were dead."
"They don't have Canadians in heaven?"
"I've never met any. — Temple West

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. — John F. Kennedy

Above everything else, genuinely love yourself first. Self-love is powerful and it's the best love that you will ever have. When you love who YOU are, your relationships will be healthier and your life will be happier. Self-love sets the standard in how we allow others to treat us and how we treat ourselves. Your happiness and well-being is important. Protect it by always valuing who you are! — Stephanie Lahart

I've been amazed at how fast and herd-like opinions in the United States are. — Evan Osnos

Tap the energy of the anarchist and he will be the one to push your company ahead. — Anita Roddick

Telling me I'm pretty is nice and all, but if you really want to make my day, tell me I inspired you to read a book. Say you picked up a novel I've raved about and that you fell in love with it, too. Or tell me the time we spent reading aloud together was one of your favorite moments. Ask me to read to you, and beg for another chapter. This will fill me with indescribable joy and purpose.
And if you really want to make me speechless with wonder, tell me it was MY words and MY story you enjoyed. Tell me you shed tears over the things my characters went through, and that you're just a little bit in love with them, too. I might never recover. I will carry those words around in my heart for the rest of my life, like a talisman against all past and future criticisms.
That's how important stories are to me. — J.M. Richards

When you like someone ... it doesn't matter how feminine or masculine he or she is. — Aya Kanno