Shortie Jack Quotes & Sayings

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else. — Mae West

Presently, he looked at the people standing round and said, "You have leave to go."
They bowed out. When the lads behind him started to follow, he reached out and caught one by the arm, saying, "No, you stay, Hephaistion." The tall boy came back with a lightening of all his face, and stood close beside him. He said to me, "The others are the Companions of the Prince; but we two are just Hephaistion and Alexander."
"So it was" I said, smiling at them, "in the tent of Achilles".
He nodded; it was a thought he was used to. — Mary Renault

Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering. — Desiderius Erasmus

I watched his face put on that mask of bluff, goodnatured tolerance which is the mask of corruption in this particular time (for — Doris Lessing

The love of God is the first love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. — Nguyen Cao Ky

[Alexander von Humboldt was the] greatest scientific traveller who ever lived. — Charles Darwin

Asian Americans, like Native Americans, are not evenly distributed across the United
States. To lump these people together ignores the sharp differences between them. Any
examination of Asian Americans quickly reveals their diversity, which will be apparent as
we focus on individual Asian American groups, beginning with Asian Indians. — Richard T. Schaefer

A lot of churches have not moved with the times. — Joel Osteen

Delayed, unexpressed appreciation is meaningless. The dead need no appreciation. The living do. — Srividya Srinivasan

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's not as much fun resting on your laurels. — Al Jarreau

To accept the principal that "all power proceeds from the barrel of a gun" is to accept a society which will be dominated by those with the biggest guns. — Tommy Douglas

I hear many people talk about their longing for a balanced life. What I think they are really expressing is a desire for a life with less pressure. — Mary Anne Radmacher

The Mologai. The sun shines less in the Mologai, but heat gathers there in the shade and smoke. Steep cramped dwellings, shops oldish. Oddly, smoke pervading the whole area. The streets cling to contours. You clamber up steps from one narrow alleyway to the next, among the stalls. It's an antique hunter's paradise - or rather purgatory, because the promise of heaven takes time to realize. — Jonathan Gash

The seeds of happiness can grow from one thought, one idea, one simple change in focus. — Charles F. Glassman