Uncle Pio Quotes & Sayings

I read for three things; first, to know what the world has done the last twenty-four hours, and is about to do today; second, for the knowledge that I specially want in my work; and third, for what will bring my mind into a proper mood. — Henry Ward Beecher

If they can fight and die on Okinawa, Guadalcanal (and) in the South Pacific, they can play ball in America. — Happy Chandler

The average ancient forager could turn a flint stone into a spear point within minutes. — Yuval Noah Harari

They call me an apple because they think I'm red on the outside and white on the inside. — Sherman Alexie

The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death. — Anais Nin

Women are like canoes, full of soup. At first everyone is suspicious but then everyone wants one. — Dylan Moran

You like Nick a lot, don't you, Nora?" Dorothy asked.
"He's an old Greek fool, but I'm used to him."
"Charles isn't a Greek name."
"It's Charalambides," I explained. "When the old man came over, the mugg that put him through Ellis Island said Charalambides was too long ... too much trouble to write ... and whittled it down to Charles. It was all right with the old man; they could have called him X so they let him in. — Dashiell Hammett

At various times in the next 20 or 30 years I think it reasonable to anticipate that I will be among the leadershp of the Labour Party, but as far as being leader, I can't see it happening, and I'm not particularly keen on it happening. — Neil Kinnock

Men who knew their manhood lay in their guns and were not even embarrassed by the knowledge that without gunshot fox would laugh at them. — Toni Morrison

Don't let your heart put money or your work above your spouse and family. Don't let your heart lust after the attractiveness of another man or woman (Proverbs 6:25). The — Alex Kendrick