Thorntons Gas Station Quotes & Sayings

From Pearls and Poison ...
"In two minutes the cops are going to come barreling though that door," I whispered to Auntie KiKi hoping to get her mind off the body in the back room. "Any suggestions how we tell these workers out here their candidate just croaked?"
"Yell The jackass bit the big one, hip-hip hooray Gloria wins, then run like the dickens before someone recognizes us. — Duffy Brown

I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up. — Rachel Maddow

He takes himself far too seriously and thinks he is very important. I don't like it when someone glorifies themself. — Jens Lehmann

If we're being honest, we don't call ourselves royalty. If we're being honest, we call ourselves timid, confused, and insecure. All our self-loathing and self-promoting is a thin veil covering over our frightening conviction that we are nobodies. — Tony Reinke

Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, second — J. Walsh

My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well. — Larry Elder

With equal pace, impartial Fate
Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate. — Horace

I've found my sweet spot here in public service. — Tim Walberg

Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend. — Jane Fonda

Few people have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. Most people confuse greatness with power, despite the fact that greatness has nothing to do with power. — Julius Charles Hare

Sense how
Even the smooth stones ache
With stories of their own
In the shuddering light of day. — Scott Hastie

Thoughts of themselves have no substance; let them arise and pass away unheeded. Thoughts will not take form of themselves, unless they are grasped by the attention; if they are ignored, there will be no appearing and no disappearing. — Asvaghosa

My favorite kind of book is a domestic drama that's grounded in reality yet slightly unhinged. — Maria Semple