Raggedest Quotes & Sayings

A woman can always get some practical use from a torn-up life ... She likes mending and patching it, making sure the edges are straight. She spreads the last shred out and takes its measure: 'What can I do with this remnant? How long does it need to last?
A man puts on his life ready-made. If it doesn't fit, he will try to exchange it for another. Only a fool of a man will try to adjust the sleeves or move the buttons; he doesn't know how. — Mavis Gallant

I really like to work with people who know a lot, but they also give me space so I can add something to the movie. — Vilmos Zsigmond

Doctors couldn't be everywhere, so the Lord invented Vulcans. I thought you knew. — Diane Duane

[12] It is dreadful to have mercy as a witness against anyone. His final thesis is one of warning. When you've made an enemy, even of mercy, then you're hosed. Mercy is your only hope. Don't fight it. — Anonymous

When our objectives become purely military, we've already lost the larger fight. — Alexander Freed

And someday soon, I'll rest in peace. But till that day does come, I'll rest in pieces. — Jonathan Tropper

Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen. — DeBarra Mayo

Your setback is just a setup for your comeback. — Steve Harvey

We, at least, are not loyal men: we confess to having more respect and honour for the raggedest child of the poorest labourer in Ireland today than for any, even the most virtuous, descendant of the long array of murderers, adulterers and madmen who have sat upon the throne of England. — James Connolly

Little smoke couldn't be noticed now, so we would take some fish off of the lines and cook up a hot breakfast. And afterwards we would watch the lonesomeness of the river, and kind of lazy along, and by and by lazy off to sleep. — Mark Twain

You shouldn't talk about yourself all the time - most of us aren't for sale. Our books are. Talk about them. It's not a question of whether or not you're fascinating on a personal level - it's that your trivia and trials might not have any connection to the tone, tenor and sense of your books. — M.J. Rose

Do everything to the best of your ability. — Meredith Vieira

That sweet Texan drawl with that smooth, smoky tone, sounded so good it was as if my ears were being fucked. — Kirsty Dallas