Streetcorner Quotes & Sayings

I have so many friends I couldn't even count them on one hand - not even if I had six fingers. Now, if I had seven fingers, I could count on them, but I still wouldn't be able to count on my friends. — Jarod Kintz

An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. — John McCarthy

Water rising under rock
Breaks earth's lock,
Floods thirst roots,
Nurtures sap and trunk and shoots,
Greens and plumps each greedy leaf
Till dappled sunlight like a thief
Sucks leaf-water as I breathe,
Makes of mist an airy wreath
To drift and float and wander high
To the sky,
And fall again,
Sweet, rich rain,
Run under rock and
Rise again. — Anne Eliot Crompton

Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying.
We decide to go out walking the whole time that you're talking.
Convinced that you're living whole time that I'm dying. — Tegan Quin

Sadly, the timing's never been right. There have been men who would have married me but I didn't feel the same, and vice versa. — Cherie Lunghi

God has no need of cold people. — Boris Akunin

Don't ever be sorry for being who you are. Most of us go our whole lives not really getting it right, just settling." He tugged a strand of her hair. "Do you have any idea the strength it takes to not settle? To keep pushing and seeking for what works? — Jill Shalvis

The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the marginalized against those with the greatest power - and that the resulting animosity from those in power is a badge of honor. — Glenn Greenwald

No matter how cultured or ancient the civilization, no average American is going to condone the absence of flush toilets. Not now, not ever. — T.R. Fehrenbach

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey

You shouldn't abuse the revolutionaries, Mother Streetcorner. My pistol is on your side. It's to help you find more things worth eating in your basket. — Victor Hugo