Trumpingdon Quotes & Sayings

I was raised really strongly on The Beatles; they were huge in my family, my parents loved them, and they used to quiz me on who was singing which song, and we'd play certain records for certain events, and things like that. So I mean, they were sort of my introduction to pop music. — Eric Hutchinson

One of the things my mother taught me when I was a child was just keep your eye on the prize and as long as you feel that you're right with your creator and you're right yourself, then other people's opinions really don't matter. — Cathy Hughes

I just wanted to live. I never wanted to hurt anyone. Please understand. — Genevieve

The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

We found James standing in front of the crypt, leaning against the side nonchalantly, like it was no big deal - like he hung out in cemeteries every day. Of course, working for Douglas, he probably had. — Lish McBride

Losing touch with spirit does nothing to the field of creativity, which is beyond harm; but it can do much to damage a person's chance in life. — Deepak Chopra

The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck & to provide new ways to get it unstuck. — Bill Drayton

The earth was actually shuddering. It was as if you were a baby and your mother was shuddering with cold. — Michael Shaara

My father always used to tell one of his dreams, because it somehow seemed of a piece with what was to follow. He believed that it was a consequence of the thing's presence in the next room. My father dreamed of blood.
It was the vividness of the dreams that was impressive, their minute detail and horrible reality. The blood came through the keyhole of a locked door which communicated with the next room. I suppose the two rooms had originally been designed en suite. It ran down the door panel with a viscous ripple, like the artificial one created in the conduit of Trumpingdon Street. But it was heavy, and smelled. The slow welling of it sopped the carpet and reached the bed. It was warm and sticky. My father woke up with the impression that it was all over his hands. He was rubbing his first two fingers together, trying to rid them of the greasy adhesion where the fingers joined." ("The Troll") — T.H. White

The philosophy of project-based homeschooling - this particular approach to helping children become strong thinkers, learners, and doers - is dependent upon the interest and the enthusiastic participation and leadership of the learners themselves, the children. — Lori McWilliam Pickert

All I want now is to look at life. — Oscar Wilde

I'm a hard worker. I'm a people person. — Bobby Schilling

Trouble is one of the ways we discover the complexities Of the soul. — Terrance Hayes