Snowbeard Quotes & Sayings

Whenever I see pointless use of special effects, I reach for something else. — Ken Stott

To thousands of elder women in the late sixties and early seventies [the private women's club movement] came like a new gospel ofactivity and service. They had reared their children and seen them take flight; moreover, they had fought through the war, their hearts in the field, their fingers plying needle and thread. They had been active in committees and commissions, the country over; had learned to work with and beside men, finding joy and companionship and inspiration in such work. How could they go back to the chimney-corner life of the fifties? — Laura E. Richards

We'll have supper in a little while, but I believe we should eat dessert first. — Cinda Williams Chima

I learned a long time ago that the last thing any woman should be thinking about is being 'skinny' or 'thin.' To me, those words imply weakness, fragility, the inability to stand firm in a storm. If you want to change your body, aim for 'athletic.' An athletic body is healthy, strong, and built to thrive. An athletic body can take many shapes. — Lauren Fleshman

Writing is like a religion to those who don't practise, an act of faith for those who do. — Chloe Thurlow

The dress was a deep red, strapless and practically backless, and I was almost positive my maids had used magic to make it stay up at all. — Kiera Cass

Children are becoming disobedient ... why, because of the lack of rules boundaries and limitations. — Cesar Millan

I did not know that when you drop a stone of a stupid choice in the pool of your life, it can cause a tidal wave to surge outwards, destroying everyone and everything in its path. — Dorothy Koomson

Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

My colleague deciphered some bits of the writing on the wolf-totem jar. He found a smattering of words and phrases that spoke of death and destruction. Nothing more."
"So basically a waning label," Painter said.
Kowalski frowned, "Why didn't they just slap it with a skull and crossbones to begin with? It would've saved everyone a bunch of trouble. — James Rollins

There's an ancient saying in Japan, that life is like walking from one side of infinite darkness to another, on a bridge of dreams. They say that we're all crossing the bridge of dreams together. That there's nothing more than that. Just us, on the bridge of dreams. — M T Anderson

The [Kodak is] the only witness I have encountered in my long experience that I couldn't bribe. — Mark Twain

A memoir is meant to be an impression of life, and not a photograph. — Jennifer Finney Boylan

Velocity!" Sunny shrieked.
I know we have to hurry!" Klaus cried. — Lemony Snicket

Mma Ramotswe was right: evil repaid with retribution, with punishment, had achieved half its goal; evil repaid with kindness was shown to be what it really was, a small, petty thing, not something frightening at all, but something pitiable, a paltry affair. — Alexander McCall Smith