Reeseman Quotes & Sayings

A lot of times people say, 'You act like a grandmother, you're just totally laid back, nothing bothers you.' — Chamique Holdsclaw

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions. — Faye Wattleton

Reporters were ill paid in those days and lacked the resources in staff or money to dig deeply into McCarthy's charges. The Washington press corps was small. It was not until later, amid growing anger about a "cover-up" during the Vietnam War, that significant numbers of reporters became obstreperous in challenging "official" sources. Only in the 1970s, in the aftermath of Watergate, did this attitude become widespread among political journalists in the United States. — James T. Patterson

It's hard to explain why, but that regret made me suffer. It seemed to be the sign of a true interest in Lila, something much stronger than the compliments for my discipline as a constant reader. It occurred to me that if Lila had taken out just a single book a year, on that book she would have left her imprint and the teacher would have felt it the moment she returned it, which I left no mark, I embodied only the persistence with which I added volume to volume in no particular order. — Elena Ferrante

Monkeys don't enjoy or appreciate flavours. Experts have told us that human beings are the only beings that can appreciate food at this higher level and the only living beings that cook. — Ferran Adria

The heart is a tender but hardy organ. Daring to have a wonderful experience, even though you may get hurt, is the only way you'll realize its deepest desires. — Martha Beck

Fortunately, I'm good at ignoring a lot of what my brain does. — Richard Kadrey

My father was always good enough he never broke a bone, — Tamara White

I am not a warthog from hell. — Flannery O'Connor

Tonight I just need my guitar. — Jimmy Buffett

As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society. — Paolo Bacigalupi

What brings enlightenment is experience, in the sad sense of this word
the pressure of hard facts and unintelligible troubles, making a man rub his eyes in his waking dream, and put two and two together. Enlightenment is cold water. — George Santayana

Fate...may...be...thwarted. — Gail Carson Levine