Scrambles South Quotes & Sayings

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness. — Confucius

Just because you're named after jeans, doesn't mean you have to take it out on the rest of us with normal names. — J.J. McAvoy

I can't believe that Hillary Clinton wants the world to think that whenever she gets into political trouble, she's going to have her husband come roaring about, breaking furniture, sucking up oxygen, spewing carbon dioxide. My impression is that she's strong enough to defend herself - she certainly showed that in the recent Democratic debate. But apparently she's not strong enough to control Mr. Bill ... and if that's the case, any sane voter would have to think twice before enabling this sort of circus act in the White House. — Joe Klein

I grew up in a second when my mother died," he told Sunil. "My father and brother didn't understand me. — Katherine Boo

Many Russia experts note the deep and sad capacity of the Russian people for suffering. — Roger Altman

Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column. — Dave Barry

I went to Lila's house in search of comfort. But I knew I had made a mistake with her, too. I had done something stupid: I hadn't told her about going with Stefano to get the photograph. Why had I been silent? Was I pleased with the role of peacemaker that her husband had proposed and did I think I could exercise it better by being silent about the visit to the Rettifilo? Had I been afraid of betraying Stefano's confidence and as a result, without realizing it, betrayed her? I didn't know. Certainly it hadn't been a real decision: rather, an uncertainty that first became a feigned carelessness, then the conviction that not having said right away what had happened made remedying the situation complicated and perhaps vain. How easy it was to do wrong. I sought excuses that might seem convincing to her, but I wasn't able to make them even to myself. I sensed that the foundations of my behavior were flawed, I was silent. On — Elena Ferrante