Tjon The Avenue Quotes & Sayings

It is in the stillness of our own self that we can learn those things that escape us in the noise of the market place... — Ainslie Meares

Money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs! — Terry McMillan

I'm not proud of the lies I tell my children. Some are truly selfish and for the wrong reason. "Honey, you wouldn't want a bite of Daddy's cheeseburger. It's spicy." I don't feel guilty when I deny eating my kids' after-school snacks. I feel guilty telling them that their mom did. Of course, no parent sets out to lie to his or her children. I never did. Then again, I never thought I would let my three-year-old watch TV or chew tobacco. — Jim Gaffigan

Look," he said. "We'd like you to return the salary." "Oh, is that all?" I said. "Heck. That's easy. The answer is no." "What?" "No." "No?" "What part of that two-letter word don't you understand, Brad?" I asked. "Was it the vowel that threw you, or the consonant ? — John Scalzi

I think the Messianic concept, which is the Jewish offering to mankind, is a great victory. What does it mean? It means that history has a sense, a meaning, a direction; it goes somewhere, and necessarily in a good direction
the Messiah. — Elie Wiesel

I think my one of my strengths in standup is my ability to adlib. I do all my best writing on stage. I can sit down and write jokes, but I'd rather go on stage with a premise or an idea and let the jokes come that way. My creative juices are never flowing any better than when I'm onstage. — Henry Cho

Fess, lad, 'tis just a word, like any other word I might use. The filthiness of it is in people's minds." Even his Gran said that a word that described something so beautiful and natural couldn't be so very wrong. You might as well say 'sky' and 'tree' were wrong. Mind you, she also said that using it too often showed a poor vocabulary and laziness, and she certainly didn't encourage either of those. — Helen Gosney

I think it is love of that blue vault of sky that becomes your playground if, and only if, you are a fighter pilot. You don't understand it if you fly from A to B in straight and level, and merely climb and descend. You're moving through the basement of that bolt of blue. — Robin Olds

Life isn't supposed to be predictable. — Eileen Cook

Men are born for each other's sake, so either teach people or endure them — Marcus Aurelius