Worden Quotes & Sayings

Daffy bent down suddenly, and picked a small startled white flower. "Anemone," he said, handing it over; he made her repeat the word until she had it right. "Find me a silk to match that. — Emma Donoghue

Where you stand on issues, how you live your life, and how much good you can do in the world are greater challenges than a lunar mission. — Al Worden

An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. — Osama Bin Laden

He grabs the swing by the seat and it grinds to a halt. Oz's fingers brush along the skin of my thigh.
My heart stutters. Stupid heart. Stupid short skirt. Stupid deep blue eyes and wild charcoal hair. Stupid, stupid, stupid me for licking my suddenly dry lips. — Katie McGarry

Our first surface experiment was complete, and we'd literally changed the face of the moon. — Al Worden

Quietly, like a night bird, floating, soaring, wingless. We glide from shore to shore, curving and falling but not quite touching; Earth: a distant memory seen in an instant of repose, crescent shaped, ethereal, beautiful, I wonder which part is home, but I know it doesn't matter ... the bond is there in my mind and memory; Earth: a small, bubbly balloon hanging delicately in the nothingness of space. — Alfred Worden

My attitude is that you very rarely come in contact with someone of Master Ren's level, so every opportunity I could get to learn from him I wanted to do that. — Lou Reed

Now I know why I'm here. Not for a closer look at the moon, but to look back at our home, the Earth. — Alfred Worden

Dolphins, I learned from J. Worden of the Harvard Child Bereavement Study at Massachusetts General Hospital, had been observed refusing to eat after the death of a mate. Geese had been observed reacting to such a death by flying and calling, searching until they themselves became disoriented and lost. — Joan Didion

Life doesn't happen to you. You can't just sit on a park bench and expect amazing things to whizz by on a conveyor belt. Life is what you put into it. — Holly Bourne

After 'Big Brother,' people came up to me in the street shouting, 'You woz robbed!' — Vinnie Jones

(sergeant thinking about an excellent detective who's threatening to quit)
For a squad sergeant, having Worden working for you was like having sex: When it was good it was great and even when it wasn't so hot, it was still pretty damn good. — David Simon

Aden had only ever had one true friend, someone he knew would fight for him and with him regardless of whether he held any power or not. The others in the squad he trusted, but Vasic occupied an entirely different place in his life, until it was as if their blood was the same. — Nalini Singh

If you go to a foreign country and disregard their culture, you will be a complete embarrassment to your native home country. You represent your country, so don't ruin it for the rest of them. — Scott Worden