Riondino Montalbano Quotes & Sayings

We were called to a pub that had our doormen on, we were told there was fighting. It was he, Big George, but he'd already left. We went in and the bouncers were smashed to bits, shirts ripped off, teeth knocked out, claret and glass everywhere. Single-handedly, George had demolished them, as if they were made out of cardboard. — Stephen Richards

(My youngest sister, Antimony, is still trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. For the moment, it mostly seems to be roller derby, the occasional monster hunting job, and getting pissed at our parents.) — Seanan McGuire

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it. — W.E.B. Du Bois

What is good? And, what is bad? Do you really believe that you know enough to tell the difference? — Srini Chandra

I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor. — Vince Vaughn

Of all the things you can spend a lot of money on, the only things you expect to fail frequently are software and medicine. — Jaron Lanier

What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce ... Men must want to do things of their own innermost drives. People, not commercial organisations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work, every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. If you overorganize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness - they cannot work and their civilization collapses. — Frank Herbert

Sometimes parents needed to be protected. — Stephen King

I read that young Netalia Lackless had run away with a troupe of traveling performers. — Patrick Rothfuss

Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it. — Epictetus

Who would have thought that my first fight over a girl would be for a girl who isn't even mine? — Colleen Hoover

We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium. — Paul Harvey