Smedleys Layton Quotes & Sayings

one dream had him chased by a giant pumpkin wielding knives, while a later dream had him chased by a giant knife wielding pumpkins. The first had been scarier, yet curiously it was the second that jerked him from his slumber. — Drew Hayes

Oh, I am so sick of the young men of the present day!" exclaimed she, rattling away at the instrument. "Poor, puny things, not fit to stir a step beyond papa's park gates: nor to go even so far without mama's permission and guardianship! Creatures so absorbed in care about their pretty faces, and their white hands, and their small feet; as if a man had anything to do with beauty! As if loveliness were not the special prerogative of woman - her legitimate appanage and heritage! I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the gentlemen, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be: - Hunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a fillip. Such should be my device, were I a man. — Charlotte Bronte

The time of neutrality is over,this is the time of intervention where we can learn to grab the bull by the horns. — Euginia Herlihy

I've heard that sometimes a version of you must die before another more enlightened version can be born. I think that's true after watching the corpse of myself walk around. — Julie Flygare

Every time I write a song I feel really lucky and kind of surprised. Not surprised that I wrote it, but just surprised that things exist that you don't know about. — Amos Lee

You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to run it. — Henry Ford

A good plan will therefore include alternative actions, the choice between them being left open until the passage of time indicates which is feasible and which is not. — Carl Eckart

There is a whisper of light,
if you can hear
Louder than sound of darkness
you never fear — Munia Khan

Be kind to one another and seek beauty in all you do. — Bryant McGill

So start your day on a delightful footing. Laugh, play and give thanks for all you have. — Robin S. Sharma

If you flip a coin three times and it lands on heads each time, it's probably chance. If you flip it a hundred times and it lands on heads each time, you can be pretty sure the coin has heads on both sides. That's the concept behind statistical significance - it's the odds that the correlation (or other finding) is real, that it isn't just random chance. — T. Colin Campbell

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it. — Natalia Vodianova