Whirligig Chapter 1 Quotes & Sayings

Main Street is as dead as ever. There's a blinding white light at the water-tower end of it and Jesus standing in the centre of it in a pale blue robe with his arms out, palms up, like he's saying how the hell would I know? I'm just a carpenter. — Miriam Toews

In order to contemplate, one must have something to contemplate. A life without experience provides no chance of contemplation. Those who have not lived cannot mediate om the mysterious of life. — Anthony Ryan

The small stuff matters. The company that became the largest and most powerful in history isn't a military contractor or a car company. It isn't the result of savvy lobbyists in Washington, or the happenstance of controlling the supply of petroleum, or some kind of cabal that is beyond the understanding of ordinary people. The largest and most powerful company in history is built by each of us handing over three single dollar bills over and over again. — Charles Fishman

Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing. — Duke Ellington

The last people with any ideas are young people. — Vivienne Westwood

The universe is more than thirteen billion years old. What is the value of a single kiss compared to that? — Shaun David Hutchinson

It is necessary, if one would read aright, that he should read at least two newspapers, representing both sides of important subjects. — Henry Ward Beecher

My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports. — Rob Lowe

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances. — John Bolton

I like being tested. I get as scared as anyone. But the feeling of putting yourself on the line, betting on your talent and having it work; that's the most exhilarating feeling in the world. — Conan O'Brien

True love is that which manages to avoid unnecessary suffering. — Paulo Coelho

Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there is no adequate base. It is prepared to face the consequences of being proved false and say with Paul: If you find the body of Christ, the discussion is finished, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die. It leaves absolutely no room for a romantic answer. — Francis A. Schaeffer

I think half the people who get married now have met online. If I think about all the people in my life who married - they met online, online, online. And it makes sense if you think about it, because you fill out this form of 35 things that really define you and - bam - look, you've got two people who match. It works. — Douglas Coupland

Sometimes I still can't believe my luck. — David Bailey