Williamsons Estate Quotes & Sayings

say the honest thing and say the hard thing — Jamie Tworkowski

That there are fashions in admiration and denigration is inevitable; they should not however be followed at the expense of truth. — Mary Renault

Wildflowers burst from the ground in vivid blues and whites and violets, creating a picture more pleasing than anything her hands could design. She didn't understand how it was possible, but Evan had been right. The abundance of snow had produced an abundance of wildflowers. More than she's ever seen before. Somehow, those cold, lifeless winter months had prepared the land for something breathtaking. Something beautiful. Something brimming with life. — Katie Ganshert

Ninety percent of everything we know has been passed along through story. — Laurens Van Der Post

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse. — George A. Sheehan

I'll now fall back a furlong or two in me chair, while me larned but misguided collagues r-read th' Histhry iv Iceland to show ye how wrong I am. But mind ye, what I 've said goes. I let thim talk because it exercises their throats, but ye 've heard all th' decision on this limon case that'll get into th' fourth reader.' A voice fr'm th' audjeence, ' Do I get me money back ? ' Brown J. : ' Who ar-re ye ? ' Th' Voice : ' Th' man that ownded th' limons.' Brown J. : ' I don't know.' (Gray J., White J., dissentin' an' th' r-rest iv th' birds concurrin' but fr entirely diff'rent reasons.) — Finley Peter Dunne

A recent study announced that 52 per cent of all teens who sign virginity pledges recant them within twelve months. If I'm on my game. — Tina Fey

I was roommates with 2 of the guys who were influential in forming the Black Arts philosophy. I called them "goons," and [Amiri] Baraka took offense at that. But if you read his autobiography, the night we went up there for a fundraiser, he talks about how he wished that some violence would happen to us. How do you like Baraka as a gracious host? — Ishmael Reed

Damn, Lyla. That's what you've been hiding under those scarves and long skirts? — Cindi Madsen

We both had our first kiss from the same boy in college (a sainted and tender soul who must have made it his business to kiss the girls who would have otherwise graduated unkissed). — Ann Patchett

Distance is created by time is further than space — CG9sYXJhZGl0aWE=

When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are. — Patricia Richardson

I don't want spaghetti. I want to know what a Magnus Bane is. — Cassandra Clare

I see the Internet as the next big deal - I wanted to get in on it early on so I wouldn't get behind it all. — Bruce Campbell

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough — Chris Colfer