Wernert Lawn Quotes & Sayings

It would be an idyllic tropical paradise if not for the malaria, the insects, the constant diarrhea and resulting hemorrhoids, and the fact that the people are dirty and smell bad and eat each other and use human heads for decoration. — Neal Stephenson

Miss? Miss Phryne? Are you all right?' 'Come in, Dot. I'm fine. Some son of unmarried parents just tried to kidnap me.' 'What did you do with the body, Miss? — Kerry Greenwood

For a gift that does not find balance and a service that is not returned are worth less than a curse. — Mark Helprin

Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting. — Steve Coogan

When you think you have no future, it's strange how pure you can become; but when you find yourself alive, you star to have desires again. — Kyoichi Katayama

Agile retrospectives give the power to the team, where it belongs! — Ben Linders

I cannot either change or do anything bad or good to the Syrian people and Syrian citizens. — Najib Mikati

In a world of intrusive technology, we must engage in a kind of struggle if we wish to sustain moments of solitude. E-reading opens the door to distraction. It invites connectivity and clicking and purchasing. The closed network of a printed book, on the other hand, seems to offer greater serenity. It harks back to a pre-jacked-in age. Cloth, paper, ink: For these read helmet, cuirass, shield. They afford a degree of protection and make possible a less intermediated, less fractured experience. They guard our aloneness. That is why I love them, and why I read printed books still. — Mohsin Hamid