Slobodkina Esphyr Quotes & Sayings

Cheesy lines like that will get you nowhere with me, but, by all means, keep them coming. You're so much easier to ignore when you're being an idiot. — Kelly Oram

The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It's something you don't see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who's my age, they have these funny stories about their parents stereotyping other minorities. — Mindy Kaling

But your book is wrong, Mrs. Strunk, says George, when it tells you that Jim is the substitute I found for a real son, a real kid brother, a real husband, a real wife. Jim wasn't a substitute for anything. And there is no substitute for Jim, if you'll forgive my saying so, anywhere. — Christopher Isherwood

Whatever colour the pots, the kettle may indeed be black. — H.V.D. Dyson

The verbal patterns and the patterns of behavior we present to children in these lighthearted confections are likely to influence them for the rest of their lives. These aesthetic impressions, just like the moral teachings of early childhood, remain indelible. — Esphyr Slobodkina

It is human nature to try hardest to accomplish the very thing we are told is impossible. Why? Because innately we know that nothing's impossible. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The guard said, 'Our orders are no one in or out.'
'You can tell the Prince that,' said Damen, 'after you tell him you let through the Regent's pet.'
That got a flicker of reaction. Invoking Laurent's bad mood was like a magical key, unlocking the most forbidding doors. — C.S. Pacat

It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own. — Diane Abbott

In a world where globalisation wants to turn everybody into the same thing, I think that anything that allows you to go to another place or be in another world has got to be celebrated. — Gwenno

I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land. — Eartha Kitt

If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtueof the best thing. — Aristotle.

A man who wears a sword knows to hold the love of his wife and family dear, for at any time he may not see another day of it. — Aleksandra Layland

Sleep, ignorant of pain, sleep, ignorant of grief, may you come to us blowing softly, kindly, kindly come king. — Sophocles

A person who's going to be famous usually drops a few clues by the time they're twenty-one. — Frank D. Gilroy