Wealden Times Quotes & Sayings

Silence took one of the burlap sacks from her pack and handed it to William Ann, then removed her hammer. It wasn't some war weapon, like her grandfather had spoken of. Just a simple tool for pounding nails. Or other things. — Brandon Sanderson

Bobbington seemed to be lost in thought. A lion dressed in a lavender bonnet would likely not have drawn his attention. — Cindy Anstey

Sometimes you just want to give up. Then you remember why you live. — Chen Chen

If we internationalize everything, we end up with rules that stifle freedom and innovation. — Myron Scholes

It has long been my motto that if you cannot get your act together... then the very least you can do is try to make your act entertaining. — Becky Johnson

Something happens, and the words get synchronized with the person's heartbeats, and then you're actually praying without ceasing ... — J.D. Salinger

I'm interested in the human more than I'm interested in building suspense. — Niels Arden Oplev

Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you! — C. JoyBell C.

Maybe scientists are fundamentalist when it comes to defining in some abstract way what is meant by 'truth'. But so is everybody else. I am no more fundamentalist when I say evolution is true than when I say it is true that New Zealand is in the southern hemisphere. We believe in evolution because the evidence supports it, and we would abandon it overnight if new evidence arose to disprove it. — Richard Dawkins

A non-treasured Christ is a nonsaving Christ. — John Piper

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" And at the same time, his long bony body rose up out of the bed and his bowl of soup went flying into the face of Grandma Josephine, and in one fantastic leap, this old fellow of ninety-six and a half, who hadn't been out of bed these last twenty years, jumped on to the floor and started doing a dance of victory in his pajamas. — Roald Dahl

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity. — Kate Millett

She who weeps when the sun's in sky, Will never pile the platter high. — Margaret Atwood

You don't own people; if they want to cheat, let them do that. — M.F. Moonzajer