Rance Quotes & Sayings

He glances at the sorry trio of copy editors before him: Dave Belling, a simpleton far too cheerful to compose a decent headline; Ed Rance, who wears a white ponytail
what more need one say?; and Ruby Zaga, who is sure that the entire staff is plotting against her, and is correct. What is the value in remonstrating with such a feckless triumvirate? — Tom Rachman

The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,
Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relish of them, but abound
In the division of each several crime,
Acting in many ways. — William Shakespeare

The legacy of [Martin Luther] King is the very thing that must be expanded if America is to be free and democratic in the 21st century. It's just as simple as that. — Cornel West

Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. — William Shakespeare

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous. — Carl Andre

A bargain is something you have to find a use for once you have bought it. — Benjamin Franklin

I have no right to beauty. I had been condemned to masculine ugliness. — Renee Vivien

Friendship is one of our most treasured relationships, but it isn't codified and celebrated; it's never going to give you a party. — Hanya Yanagihara

Why are weather people never right? It's probably the only profession in the world where you can be wrong most of time and still keep your job. — Jon Rance

Leadership means bringing people together in pursuit of a common cause, developing a plan to achieve it, and staying with it until the goal is achieved. — William J. Clinton

Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me About my moneys and my usances; Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For suff'rance is the badge of all our tribe; You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spet upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help; Go to, then; you come to me, and you say 'Shylock, we would have moneys.' You say so: You that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; moneys is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? Is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?' Or Shall I bend low and, in a bondman's key, With bated breath and whisp'ring humbleness, Say this: - 'Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last; You spurn'd me such a day; another time You call'd me dog; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys? — William Shakespeare

If you Ever say Anything about fairies knitting for two gay men again, I will fire you, Then I will knit you a noose, do you hear me?
Craw outburst at Jeremy's comment. — Amy Lane

Never look on the bright side. The glare is blinding. — Florence King

Life is enough grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels. — Nikita Khrushchev

The American Jewish left gets a lot of press time. But the American Jewish right does not. And in many ways, the American Jewish right is every bit as well-organized and perhaps better funded than the American Jewish left. And they also come out with criticism. — Michael Oren

You never loved me, Farin. You never even said you liked me very much. — Heather O'Brien

You didn't know that ... that my whole world stopped when I first saw you smile. — Amy Lane

Anybody who is imitating somebody else, no matter who it us, is heading in the wrong direction. It is impossible to become like somebody else. Your only hope is to become more fully yourself. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

You said there was nothing in the world you wanted" The Queen's eyes glittered. "When you imagine your life without him, do you still feel the same? — Cassandra Clare

and send a big proportion to the minesweepers. Mrs Godden, the antique shop owner, says the two pleasure steamers, which used to call at Worthing, are now minesweeping. — Joan Strange

If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th' All-giver would be unthank'd, would be unprais'd. — John Milton

What each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but on pictures made by himself or given to him ... The way in which the world is imagined determines at any particular moment what men will do. — Walter Lippmann