Reynard The Fox Quotes & Sayings

This was law? she thought. Where was the excitement of court cases, the challenge of defending the people that her father was always talking about? This was no fun at all. — Francine Pascal

You were right. When your head says one thing and your whole life says another, your head always loses. — Matthew Quick

Near my desk, I keep a large plastic carton filled with fresh notebooks and stationery of various kinds, sizes, and qualities. — Michael Dirda

I would hope this experience would help me if that NFL opportunity were to arise. But I also know that it's a totally different league. There's a lot more to it. — John Elway

I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt. — Victor Hugo

A people ... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. — George Washington

At any rate it is impossible to live intelligently as a member of a minority group in a nation that was founded every bit as firmly on enslavement and butchery as on ideals of liberty and brotherhood and not feel, at least every once in a while, that you can no more take for granted the continued tolerance of your existence here than you ought take the prosperity or freedom you enjoy. — Michael Chabon

[Amy] pulled a face. 'Honestly, when you grow up you'll learn you may as well try herding cats as keeping men in one place,' she told me solemnly, which I vowed to remember. — James Goss

I don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all. — Winona Ryder

An Ass put on a Lion's skin and went
About the foreset with much merriment,
Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks,
Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane
That Raucous voice so petulant and vain,
Remarked. O' Ass, I too would run away,
But that I know your old familiar bray'.
That's just the way with asses, just the way. — Aesop

Trickster foxes appear in old stories gathered from countries and cultures all over the world
including Aesop's Fables from ancient Greece, the "Reynard" stories of medieval Europe, the "Giovannuzza" tales of Italy, the "Brer Fox" lore of the American South, and stories from diverse Native American traditions. — Terri Windling

I have been accused of being ignorant of economics (although I am the founder and Chairman of the Board of a company which publishes seven professional economic newsletters), of being ignorant of sociology (although I am trained in sociology and was C. Wright Mills' research assistant at Columbia), of being unable to use statistics (although I earned my living as a professional statistician for five years) and of ignoring political factors (although all my graduate training was in political science). — Lloyd DeMause

A minister stands for Father Peace, but a good one is no stranger to Mother War. — Joe Abercrombie

Ambition is the incentive that makes purpose GREAT and ACHIEVEMENT greater! — Orison Swett Marden

Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do. — Andy Summers