Regionalism In Literature Quotes & Sayings

They [the children] live in a world of delightful imagination; they pursue persons and objects that never existed; they make an Argosy laden with gold out of a floating butterfly,
and these stupid [grown-up people] try to translate these things into uninteresting facts. — Woodrow Wilson

Possibility is the oxygen upon which hope thrives. — Paul Rogat Loeb

rationalize that as something else — Peter F. Hamilton

You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference? — Roald Dahl

You'll see that things will turn out like they do, because that is what usually happens - almost always, in fact — Jonas Jonasson

Days of being wild. — T. Tran

We're at a point in history were we have to become a part of the neighborhood of inhabited planets, like a neighborhood of a community, which we have not even acknowledged that that community exists up until this point. — Edgar Mitchell

The English language is now ours. We have colonized it,too. — Gemino H. Abad

John was prosecuted (or threatened with prosecution - the records are sometimes a touch unclear) for trading in wool and for money-lending, both highly illegal activities. — Bill Bryson

Myth: A stake through the heart will kill a vampire.
Truth: Well, duh. It would kill anyone. — Kimberly Pauley

Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense. — Angelique Kidjo

There are certain jobs I don't take because I feel no connection to the person. But if somebody is open with me, and honest about their motivations, and has some level of self- awareness, then I'm going to understand them. — Hilary Liftin

It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's Day to continue leveling baseless and false attacks that send the wrong signal to our troops and our enemy during a time of war. It is also regrettable that Senator Kennedy has found more time to say negative things about President Bush then he ever did about Saddam Hussein. If America were to follow Senator Kennedy's foreign policy, Saddam Hussein would not only still be in power, he would be oppressing and occupying Kuwait. — Scott McClellan

Do women dress for men or women? I've always wondered why that eternally provocative question is put in terms of approval - as if the heart of the matter, the answer, were indeed a question of approval by either sex. But the question is never satisfactorily answered because it is incorrectly posed. It's disapproval, the fear of it, that motivates most women, and with disapproval it doesn't matter where it comes from. — Nancy Friday