Ticking Stripe Quotes & Sayings

Don't pull down the blinds. I feel fine. I want the sunlight to greet me! — Rudolph Valentino

It was an exceptional sensation, reading by spiderlight. — Jenny Nimmo

And I wouldn't take on such a big thing if I didn't think I could nail it. — Trish Stratus

I had an uneventful few days," it told her. "The most exciting thing was an hour-long lecture from the headmaster on taking our studies seriously. He said next year's exam will arrive sooner than we think."
"No, they won't," Valkyrie said, frowning. "They'll arrive next year, exactly when we expect them."
"That's what I told him," the reflection nodded. "I don't think he's comfortable with logic, because he didn't look happy. He sent me to the Career Guidance counsellor, who asked me what I wanted to do after college."
Valkyrie stowed her black clothes. "What did you say?"
"I told her I wanted to be a Career Guidance counsellor. She started crying, then accused me of mocking her. I told her if she wasn't happy in her job then she should look at other options, then pointed out that I was already doing her job better than she was. She gave me detention. — Derek Landy

If science has no country, the scientist should have one, and ascribe to it the influence which his works may have in this world. — Louis Pasteur

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. — Mark Twain

Peter leaned forward, put his arms round the beast and kissed the furry head: it wasn't a girlish thing for him to do, because he was the High King. — C.S. Lewis

As a citizen of a community, if you never vote or engage, don't be surprised when the outcome doesn't serve your interests; you've never done anything to push things in the right direction. — Rebecca MacKinnon

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. Peter F. Drucker and Joseph A. Maciariello, Management: Revised Edition, 2008, p. 288. — Joseph A. Maciariello

Then I repeated these words to my spirits: 'Leave me be; give me peace; and let me do the work of my life. I will never forget you.' Something about that incantation was particularly appealing to me. 'I will never forget you'
as though one had to address the pride of the spirits, as though one wanted them to feel good about being exorcised. — Andrew Solomon

A sleeping bear had been awoken. — John Boozman

Catching flies is better training than hitting the speed bag — Muhammad Ali