Travelocity Talking Gnome Quotes & Sayings

I let my kids make decisions for themselves, but some things are not up for discussion. When it's cold, they wear a coat. — Jen Mann

Life is a classroom and boredom is the monitor. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

To her surprise, Jack didn't seem at all fazed by all the exotic ideas she had had and wanted to try. She detailed them out, from a small single-story greenhouse that incorporated rabbit hutches to an extensive two-story generator-powered setup with pigs, cows, and chickens on the upper story, their excrement washed down through gunnels by a sprinkler system where it hit a vat, fermented, created methane to run the generator, and then was fed through a hydroponics system directly to the roots of the plants she was trying to grow. — Sara King

Money is to Everything as an Aeroplane is to Australia. The aeroplane isn't Australia, but it remains the only practical way we know of reaching it. So perhaps, metonymically, the aeroplane is Australia after all. — Stephen Fry

Rewards for improved performance work better than punishment of mistakes. This proposition is supported by much evidence from research on pigeons, rats, humans, and other animals. — Daniel Kahneman

My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing. — Douglas Preston

Al Qaeda has come back. Al Qaeda is a resilient organization. But they're not here in large numbers. But al Qaeda doesn't have to be anywhere in large numbers. — John R. Allen

Never believe your eyes — Clive Barker

I'm a freelance person, and I've always been able to support myself. — Gloria Steinem

We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean. — William Makepeace Thackeray

So I cradle this average violin that knows
Only forgotten showtunes, but argues
The possibility of free declamation anchored
To a dull refrain ... — John Ashbery

Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy. — John Green