Traction Engine Quotes & Sayings

DONOVAN: Crying ain't a problem, kid. Only thing that matters is what happens after you're done crying. — Bijou Hunter

A rose on time is more valuable than a $1,000 gift that's too late. — Jim Rohn

The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to behave himself, so as not to appear to be a fool or a coxcomb. — Jean De La Bruyere

I was definitely an at-risk kid growing up. — Ben Carson

It's not the job of the U.S. military to do nation-building or produce democratic utopias. — Ted Cruz

His mind, under the influence of that insidious mildew which eventually forms on all but the few, gave itself up furiously to every indignation of the age. — F Scott Fitzgerald

When you're alone, you are in the right place to watch sadness approach like storm clouds over an open field. You can sit in a chair and get ready for it. As it moves through you, you can reach out your hands and feel all the edges. When it passes and you can drink coffee again you even miss it because it has been loyal to you like a boyfriend. — Marie-Helene Bertino

I just gave up trying to be a Christian ... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest little desire to join the likes of Reverend Pelham at the dinner table for fourteen minutes, much less at the banquet table of Heaven eternally. Eternity is a mighty long time to be stuck with people who judge every word you say and think and condemn most of what you do. It struck me as pretty miserable company. And if Reverend Pelham was the kind of company God preferred to keep, well, I just hoped they'd be happy together. — Katherine Paterson

To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else. — David A. Bednar