Vandette Carter Quotes & Sayings

When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school. — Deepak Chopra

Lose all rather than lose your integrity, and when all else is gone, still hold fast a clear conscience as the rarest jewel which can adorn the bosom of a mortal. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A dragons first instinct is to protect and defend. Its not your fault. — Candace Knoebel

I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.' — Terry Pratchett

I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch. — Ishmael Reed

Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft,
Why fall ye thus before a little wind? — Dante Alighieri

Peri suddenly appeared right next to her. She grabbed Jen's arm, gave Decebel the finger, and the flashed out of the room. — Quinn Loftis

The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle. — George Gaylord Simpson

Seek happiness and you may or may not find it; seek grievances and you are guaranteed success. — Gregg Easterbrook

The Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There's nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what is a record and what isn't. — Jack White

My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people. — Vivienne Westwood

Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy. — Ronald Reagan

What you want to do is innovate on your product and your business model, management structure is not where I would try and innovate. — Sam Altman

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves. — John Tillotson

To this point, he could not really have said that he loved William. Feel the terror of responsibility for him, yes. Carry thought of him like a gem in his pocket, certainly, reaching now and then to touch it, marveling. But now he felt the perfection of the tiny bones of William's spine through his clothes, smooth as marbles under his fingers, smelled the scent of him, rich with the incense of innocence and the faint tang of shit and clean linen. And thought his heart would break with love. — Diana Gabaldon