Shenberger Plumbing Quotes & Sayings

I wanted him [my father] to cherish and approve of me, not as he had when I was a child, but as the woman I was, who had her own mind and had made her own choices. — Adrienne Rich

Have a sense of pride in your motherland. Just as your mother has given birth to you, so too the land has given birth to you. — Sathya Sai Baba

He watched the sun rise beyond the grape arbor. In the thin golden light the young leaves and tendrils of the Scuppernong were like Twink Weatherby's hair. He decided that sunrise and sunset both gave him a pleasantly sad feeling. The sunrise brought a wild, free sadness; the sunset, a lonely yet a comforting one. He indulged his agreeable melancholy until the earth under him turned from gray to lavender and then to the color dried corn husks. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Now there are five matters to which a general must pay strict heed. The first of these is administration; the second, preparedness; the third, determination; the fourth, prudence; and the fifth, economy. — Wu Ta-ch'i

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about. — Al Franken

I'd accept defeat. fighting doesn't preclude enduring.I can fight, and if fighting fails I can still endure. — Dean Koontz

Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore. — Val Guest

The reality is: when you're slouched over, not only are you not using the full potential of your brain, but you look untrustworthy. — James Altucher

Teasers are usually rich kids with nothing to do. They cruise around looking for planets that haven't made interstellar contact yet and buzz them." "Buzz them?" Arthur began to feel that Ford was enjoying making life difficult for him. "Yeah," said Ford, "they buzz them. They find some isolated spot with very few people around, then land right by some poor unsuspecting soul whom no one's ever going to believe and then strut up and down in front of him wearing silly antennas on their head and making beep beep noises. — Douglas Adams

Our generation was supposed to be about trying to deal with nuclear concerns and environmental disasters. — Michael Stipe

I have done extensive research and, almost universally, found that the people who view my blurbs and observations as "anti-family" are dicks. — Jim Gaffigan