Pinnsoffa Quotes & Sayings

[The] whirlwind fife-and-drum of the storm bends the salt marsh grass, disturbs stars in the sky and the star on the steeple; it is a privilege to see so much confusion. — Marianne Moore

We had high and boisterous winds last night and this morning: the Indians continue to purchase repairs with grain of different kinds. — Meriwether Lewis

The lie, of course, is more interesting. — John Irving

So many of the major decisions that affect the entire future of your enterprise happen during its first year in business. In fact, most don't make it because they don't know how to get the resources they need to survive. — Jay Samit

Marriage is just a piece of paper if it's not a happy one. — Phil Lester

It is beautiful to be what you are. — Jean Paul Gaultier

Haw! Haw! Inconceivable stupidity is just what you're going to get! (Brigadier-General Henry Wilson, on being challenged in 1910 about the likelihood of a European war) — Max Hastings

My in-ear Babelfish provides synopses of the passages rather than a running translation, but now and then the interpreter confesses, I'm sorry, but I have no idea what he just said. I'm not sure the author knew, either. — David Mitchell

When I was 8 years old, I became depressed. I kept asking why I was born this way [without arms and legs]. I also worried about my future. At the age of 10, I tried to commit suicide because I felt like giving up. But when I imagined my loving parents crying at my grave, I decided to stay. — Nick Vujicic

I tried to conform to what everyone thinks is beautiful. But my genetics gave me a curvy figure, and I've come to understand that in the Latina culture, that is beautiful. — Demi Lovato

Without Valentine's Day, February would be ... well, January. — Jim Gaffigan

For they were the stuff of nightmares; maggoty abominations possessed of incalculable and vile intellect that donned flesh and spines of men and beasts to shield themselves from the sun and enable themselves to walk upright instead of merely slithering. — Laird Barron

As kids, we traded 'I like Ike' and 'All the way with Adlai' buttons in elementary school. — Andrea Mitchell

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too. — Tony La Russa