Shammin Quotes & Sayings

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it. — Donald Rumsfeld

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. — Natalie Maines

Sometimes, at night you could hear the whole damn city crying. — Bruce Springsteen

We're all of us what we are; and when it comes to turning ourselves into what we ought to be-well, it isn't easy. No, it isn't easy, Anthony Beavis. How can you expect to think in anything but a negative way when you've got chronic intestinal poisoning? Had it from birth I guess. Inherited it. And at the same time stooping, as you do. Slumped down on your mule like that - it's awful. Pressing down on the vertebrae like a ton of bricks. One can almost hear the poor things grinding together. And when the spine's in that state, what happens to the rest of the machine? It's frightful to think of. — Aldous Huxley

Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other. — Myrtle Reed

Memory is like that, too. We build careful bridges. But they're weaker than we think. — Lauren Oliver

Being behind the camera is where I feel comfortable. I've found something that I feel I, as 'Michael,' can be as confident in as 'Johnny' was on the stage. It's great being part of the creative process. You're right at the start of an idea, and you get to see it all the way through till the end. — Johnny Vegas

Today in Germany, everyone is being watched
even the watchers. — Abraham Polonsky

'E's all'ot sand an' ginger when alive, An'e's generally shammin' when'e's dead. — Rudyard Kipling

He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him. — Henry James

Dementia resembles delirium in the same way an ultra-marathon resembles a dash across the street. Same basic components, vastly different scale. If you've run delirium's course once or twice in your life, try to imagine a version that never ends. — Floyd Skloot

I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated. — Malala Yousafzai

The darkest sky is filled with stars, that the sun casts its warmth on the coldest day. — Susan Beth Pfeffer

It's interesting to me that really one of the first things she [Eleanor Roosevelt]did as First Lady was to collect her father's letters and publish a book called The Letters of My Father, essentially, hunting big game, The Letters of Elliott Roosevelt. And it really was an act of redemption, really one of her first acts of redemption as she entered the White House. She was going to redeem her father's honor. And publishing his letters, reconnecting with her childhood really fortified her to go on into the difficult White House years. — Blanche Wiesen Cook

To me, it's a structural flaw of the faith that its adherents are forbidden from challenging the leader (and its policies) at all costs. And right behind the current leader is another of the same kind. — Leah Remini

To protect civilians, the state needs sometimes to do things that are contrary to democratic behavior. — Anonymous