Pettys Bayou Quotes & Sayings

I wish I could tell you that the Children's Television Workshop and Sesame Street were thanks to my genius, but it really was a lucky break. — Joan Ganz Cooney

Mobocracy in democracy is a perfect ochlocracy. — Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. — Francoise Mallet-Joris

The back of my hand to guilt. — Patrick O'Brian

Real love allows for failure and suffering. — Sharon Salzberg

I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more than that? If you can, I hate them more than that. — Tim Hardaway

All authors to their own defects are blind. — John Dryden

My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it. — John W. Vessey Jr.

If you could extend the elective franchise to all persons of color who can read the Constitution of the United States in English and write their names and to all persons of color who own real estate valued at not less than two hundred and fifty dollars and pay taxes thereon, and would completely disarm the adversary. This you can do with perfect safety. And as a consequence, the radicals, who are wild upon negro franchise, will be completely foiled in their attempts to keep the Southern States from renewing their relations to the Union. — Andrew Johnson

Contrary to common public opinion, Iraq is not simply about oil. It is also about water and geopolitics. Both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow through Iraq; thus, of all the countries in that part of the world, Iraq controls the most important sources of increasingly critical water resources. — John Perkins

I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat. — Henry Cavill

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. Psalm 121:3 IF the Lord will not suffer it, neither men nor devils can do it. How greatly would they rejoice if they could give us a disgraceful fall, drive us from our position, and bury us out of memory! They could do this to their heart's content were it not for one hindrance, and only one: the Lord will not suffer it; and if he does not suffer it, we shall not suffer it. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Let's get this movie started. There's nothing like a little Austen to soothe the wounded soul," Theresa said. — Mary Jane Hathaway