Tarrouisdead Quotes & Sayings

Someone who seems doddery is perhaps not doddery at all but only an older person absorbed in squinting concentration, as though on an ultimate trip, memorizing a scene, grateful for being alive to see it. — Paul Theroux

He pulled the door open and saw a Checker cab sitting out there, an ambassador from the land of sanity. — Stephen King

What comfort there is in a cheerful spirit! how the heart leaps up to meet a sunshiny face, a merry tongue, an even temper, and a heart which either naturally, or, what is better, from conscientious principle, has learned to take all things on their bright side, believing that the Giver of life being all-perfect Love, the best offering we can make to Him is to enjoy to the full what He sends of good, and bear what He allows of evil! — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Always hedge your bets. That's how I do it. I lay all my bets on what I can contribute, and suffer no illusions that I'm generating stuff by myself. — Dan Harmon

We brought the religious leaders and the secular development workers together in one room. We asked the religious leaders what are your reservations about development workers? And we asked the development workers, what are your reservations about religious leaders? It turns out that most of the problems are not really problems at all, but rather misunderstandings, misconceptions, and mis-communications. — Abul Kalam Azad

Michael's generation - its history of fighting disease and bigotry - sometimes made him grumpier than Ben would like him to be, but he knew what he'd found in Michael: a gift for intimacy like none Ben had ever known. — Armistead Maupin

Few people are aware of the severe human rights violations committed daily by family court judges across the country. These courts are siding over and over again with proven sexual abusers of children and batterers of women. I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't done so much investigating. — Lundy Bancroft

Epidemics follow patterns because diseases follow patterns. Viruses spread; they reproduce; they die. — Jill Lepore

Many pregnant vegan women notice that, much like what happens when any woman begins to share the news of her baby, her friends and family suddenly become experts in prenatal care. — Elizabeth Castoria

It's one of the things I like about being in France, it brings out the best in me, and always surprises me-and even when I think it won't be good for me, it is. — Mark Greenside

But there was a monster lurking in the deepest, blackest corners of his soul. An angry, slathering, vengeful beast, who had a mouth full of butcher knives and a tongue that dripped acid. A monster who ached for freedom. A monster that longed to flay the very soul from his victims, that monster was called the Darkrider. — Michael B. Patterson

To lead, one must follow. — Laozi

I lived in London for eight years and I like to say that I am two parts American and one part British because I lived there for a third of my life. — Devon Aoki

Got more patches on her than a pair of welfare overalls. — Stephen King