Pekiniensis Quotes & Sayings

Imagine if the political elites in our country were forced to endure the same conditions at the airport as business travelers, families, senior citizens, and the rest of us. Perhaps this problem could be quickly resolved if every cabinet secretary, every member of Congress, and every department head in the Obama administration were forced to submit to the same degrading screening process as the people who pay their salaries. — Ron Paul

But what did Tattersail teach you? "If things get too hot," he said, "pull out, Toc. Ride — Steven Erikson

Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely. — Tariq Ramadan

He understood very little about this strange situation, and to act in a situation one does not understand is to invite the most terrible consequences. — Stephen King

The ferocity of her passion was what he'd been waiting for night after torturous night. He wanted her to hunger the way he hungered. To need like he needed. — Melissa Cutler

Words make another place, a place to escape to with your spirit alone. — Robert MacNeil

One thing I've often thought is that I never want to tell anybody else what to do. It's hard enough to figure out what I want to do. — Lou Reed

It's been you all along, and it'll be you all the way. Learn to play up your strengths, embrace your flaws, and pursue your passions. Be gentle when your mind, body, or soul are tired. Value your time and surround yourself with those who do too. Above all, give your dreams the same respect you grant to others'. This is the starting point of all great brand builders: self-empathy. — Laura Busche

Women scare enough, but bloggers can be even more frightening to deal with. Most bloggers are emotionally unstable and are often awkward in social situations, which is why so many of us turned to blogging in the first place. Also, they are always looking for something to write about, so if you fuck something up it will be blogged, Facebooked, and retweeted until your death. — Jenny Lawson

How about Pithecanthropus Erectus? Was it really he who ate the apple? Or was it Homo Pekiniensis? — Bertrand Russell

God blesses his people with extravagant grace so they might extend his extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth. — David Platt

I'm such an odd mix of things. My grandfather was Indian: I've got more family living in India than I do in the U.K. My old man was East London. I was brought up in Yorkshire. My great-grandfather was Irish. — Sebastian Coe

You're the sun, babe, and I'm the fucking darkness. We come from completely different realities, and you deserve a fucking hell of a lot more than me. — R.J. Lewis

There was no doubt about it. Chaser had learned Puddin the pony's name in a single trial. Identifying the new object correctly after hearing its name only once indicated that Chaser had achieved a form of referential understanding. Somehow she had grasped the idea that objects can have names. — John W. Pilley

Everybody started saying, well, this cat's not as dumb as people think he is. — David Allan Coe