Preferred Tools Quotes & Sayings

I spent a day in a neck brace on a hospital trolley after falling from a horse and cart in Ireland. All the nurses thought I was a traveler, which made me laugh. Who else comes into a hospital saying they've fallen off a horse and cart? — Jasmine Guinness

Only making a living is not living. — Krishna Saagar

You can laugh at Christianity; you can mock and ridicule it. But it works. It changes lives. If you trust Christ, start watching your attitudes and actions, because Jesus Christ is in the business of changing lives. — Josh McDowell

I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it. — William Faulkner

In a writer there must always be two people - the writer and the critic. — Leo Tolstoy

Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest. — Thomas Hooker

Ahhh, now, you see, we've been through this, and my thought is this: there's no smoke without fire," Archie would say, looking impressed by the wisdom of his own conclusion. "Know what I mean?" This was one of Archie's preferred analytic tools when confronted with news stories, historical events, and the tricky day-to-day process of separating fact from fiction. There's no smoke without fire. There was something so vulnerable in the way he relied on this conviction, that Samad never had the heart to disabuse him of it. Why tell an old man that there can be smoke without fire as surely as there are deep wounds that draw no blood? — Zadie Smith

Could things get any worse? Why, yes, little one. Be patient. — Morrissey

Why dost thou smile so at me?" inquired Hester, troubled at the expression of his eyes. "Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us? Hast thou enticed me into a bond that will prove the ruin of my soul?"
"Not thy soul," he answered, with another smile. "No, not thine! — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision. — Margaret J. Wheatley

We will often talk to Liz Smith about couples and relationships because she always has an inside track, too. — Mary Hart

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices and a collection of the most paltry and contemptible tales and stories, I could not so dishonor my Creator by calling it by His name. — Thomas Paine

In my experience, it was hard to write without your preferred tools, but impossible to write without a cigarette. — David Sedaris

In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. — Lawrence Summers

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird' ... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. — Harper Lee