Trumner Quotes & Sayings

Rushing off to the Ministry the night that he had died. Harry clung to this notion, because it — J.K. Rowling

As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal. — Duke Of Wellington

So the fact that there's someone who's planning what happens to the characters, writing it down, means that the characters always have a fate. And when we think about fate, we tend think of it as the thing we would have if we were literary characters, that is, if there were somebody out there, writing us. — Daniel Kehlmann

Men need to feel important. They feel better when they're with younger girls or unknown girls. — Lauren Bacall

If you had a magic wand today, and you had one wish - to wipe out all the drug dealers, take them all off the streets and put them in jail, no trial, everybody who sold drugs would automatically be convicted. You know what's going to happen? There's going to be new ones. Why? Because the drug users are going to create them. — Rick Ross

In technological development, in production of material goods and creature comforts, we've challenged the very gods, but psychologically, emotionally, we're scarcely more than chimpanzees with bulldozers, baboons with big bombs. — Tom Robbins

In the last decade or so, however, a new generation of brain imaging studies and clinical trials has put meditation firmly on the scientific map. They're showing that although watching our thoughts might seem ephemeral, it can have hard physical effects on our brains and bodies. — Jo Marchant

I started keeping track of my pet peeves and so far have counted over 160 ... but to pick one: muffins. They're imposters. They think they're breakfast food, but really, they are just terrible cupcakes. — Aubrey Peeples