Whitsuntide Hummel Quotes & Sayings

One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the No. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them. — William Faulkner

A gene can be either dominant or recessive, depending on which type of gene it is. — Dave Barry

If he (The New York Taxi Driver) talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad because the taxi has some kind of problem with the steering, probably dead pedestrians lodged in the mechanism, the result being that there is a delay of 8 to 10 seconds between the time the driver turns the wheel and the time the taxi actually changes direction, a handicap that the driver is compensating for by going 175 miles per hour, at which velocity we are able to remain airborne almost to the far rim of some of the smaller potholes. — Dave Barry

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. — Philo Of Alexandria

The forgiveness of the weak is the air you strong ones breath, David. Didn't you know? You don't see it but you felt it just then. They allow you to go on living. — Nadeem Aslam

Just the inexplicable wants to be understood within the nonsense of emptiness that belongs to this world of illusion. — Sorin Cerin

What is now happening to the people of the East as of the West is like what happens to every individual when he passes from childhood to adolescence and from youth to manhood. He loses what had hitherto guided his life and lives without direction, not having found a new standard suitable to his age, and so he invents all sorts of occupations, cares, distractions, and stupefactions to divert his attention from the misery and senselessness of his life. Such a condition may last a long time. — Leo Tolstoy

Your talents are for pointing guns and removing necklaces off ladies' necks?'
'I charm the necklaces off their necks ... Kindly make the distinction.'
'Oh, please.'
'I charmed you.'
She was all indignation. 'You did not.'
'Recall the night in question, Miss Eversleigh. The moonlight, the soft wind.'
'There was no wind.'
'You're spoiling my memory,' he growled.
'There was no wind,' she stated. 'You are romanticizing the encounter.'
'Can you blame me? he returned, smiling at her wickedly. 'I never know who is going to step through the carriage door. Most of the time I get a wheezy old badger. — Julia Quinn

Nationalism has little to contribute today except further suffering. — Edward Teller

I should learn from today and make tomorrow better. — Toni Sorenson

Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold. — Adam Clayton