Ussher Library Quotes & Sayings

Some people won't like me; that's just human nature. I battled with that for years, trying to please people, but now I haven't got time to win people over! I've got nappies to change! — Rebecca Ferguson

Words are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap — George Bernard Shaw

I will tell him that I've always thought he was a monster. And that I want to be his bride — Yangzee Choo

But that's life. That's your education. A series of opportunities and missed opportunities. Exams and grades and blue books and blue balls and majors and minors and liberal arts and liberal minds. The scam of it is, no matter how much you paid or how far you traveled, everybody's receipt says pretty much the same damn thing. BA, MBA, JD, PhD, MA, BS.

BS. That's all it is, right? — Ryan Quinn

Oh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?'
'No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. 'I do love knitting patterns. — J.K. Rowling

If money comes along I will take it. I just want good scripts that try to make you think. I've been offered lots of money in the past but I just know that I would abuse it and get drunk. — Daniel Craig

There would be a trial and there would be a judge. The only problem was, there could only be one sentence. — Christopher Pike

What's good for the goose is definitely good for the desperate housewife. Even if this never happened again — James Patterson

After eight years in government, Mr Blair has precious little to show for his ambitious plans to heal the divisions in society. — Melanie Phillips

God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross? — Pope John Paul II

There is also the fact that red and gold are my colors," he went on. "They are the colors on my family's banners and devices, worn by all Chiavari males when they ride into battle, and worn by their ladies at tournaments or other important occasions. You can imagine my surprise when a lady wearing Chiavari colors fell into my arms inside a drafty castle in England."
"I doubt the color of my gown was the first thing you noticed," she teased.
"No, that was not the first thing I noticed." His voice had gone soft with the memory. The first thing he had noticed was how right she had felt in his arms, the realization that his arms had been empty until that moment when he found what belonged there, who belonged there. — Elizabeth Elliott

All ballet galas are unbearable, but they're unbearable in different ways. — Robert Gottlieb

Some lessons you learned by the book. Others you learned from cold hard experience. The latter may not be the best way to learn, but it damn well stuck. — Maya Banks

You know ... my flower ... I'm responsible for her. And she's so weak! And so naive. She has four ridiculous thorns to defend her against the world ... — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

But Lautner makes me feel beautiful. It's not lust, it's more. I recognize it. It's the way I look at a piece of art and see something nobody else does. — Jewel E. Ann