Westerner Club Quotes & Sayings

Well! And hallo you! said Jerry, more hoarsely than before. — Charles Dickens

On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble our efforts to build societies in which slavery truly is a term for the history books. — Ban Ki-moon

The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians. — Steve Forbes

Everything's so accelerated now. — Dan Stevens

You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it. — Dolly Parton

If it looks to good to be true, then it wasn't cooked by my wife. — Ian Sputnik

Sometimes a story just needs an ending, and I used to not be a creative enough person to think of an ending to a romantic story that isn't a wedding or a death. This story didn't end in fireworks, because the truth is, fireworks are something from my twenties. I could have made fireworks, but I chose to make a nuanced memory of a person who is neither a hero nor a villain in my life. All I had to do now was move on. — Mindy Kaling

Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirts - the sticker bindis on club kids, sindoor in the hair of an unmarried pop star, Hindi characters inked carelessly on tight tank tops and pale flesh. She knew Americans liked to flash a little Indian or Japanese or African. They were always looking for a little pepper to put in their dish. — Adam Rex

The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and of authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale. — Charles Caleb Colton

Writing is a form of herding. I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters. — Larry McMurtry

The few weeks I have had at my disposal have not given me the chance to revive and to work through my old memories in such a way that I might offer you a solid introduction into the psychic life of Indians. — Aby Warburg