Xerus Quotes & Sayings

It is better to leave a child well instructed than to hand over the whole world in the hands of a fool — Michael Quansah

It's the worst kind of cruelty - the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it. — L.M. Montgomery

The experience left me with a very strong sense of just how destructive this simple, seemingly mundane tool can be. A knife never jams. A knife never runs out of ammunition; you rarely see a gunshot murder victim who has been shot more than a few times, but any homicide investigator can tell you how common it is for the victim of a knife murder to bear twenty, thirty, or more stab and/or slash wounds. "A knife comes with a built-in silencer." Knives are cheap, and can be bought anywhere; there used to be a cutlery store at LaGuardia Airport, not far outside the security gates. There is no prohibition at law against a knife being sold to a convicted felon. Knives can be small and flat and amazingly easy to conceal. Anywhere — Massad Ayoob

It might seem to you, Peter, that a truck driver, one step above an ape in your view, can't remember. But truck drivers can have brains, too. — Isaac Asimov

Nourish your soul with meditation stability will stand on your door step releasing light. — Kishore Bansal

God will judge people on the basis of what they did in light of what they knew. — Pat Robertson

Speak openly. There is no one I trust more than Lutian. (Adara)
He's a half-wit, my queen. (Xerus)
Half-wit, whole-wit, I have enough of them to know to keep silent. So speak, good counselor, and let the queen judge which of the two of us is the greater fool present. (Lutian) — Kinley MacGregor

Men, they have the two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, you fix him the burrito. - Rosita Rivera, who was well acquainted with politicians and men — Lois Greiman

Don't waste your youthful and active days on employment — Sunday Adelaja

Bathroom, huh? OK.' she tittered nervously. 'I'll carry you. Just don't pee on me.'
Helen laughed gratefully. Aridane was making an embarrassing situation as humorous as possible so Helen would feel more comfortable.
It was something Claire would have done. Helen was still embarrassed, but with a few jokes and little bit of tact they both made it through. — Josephine Angelini

In fact, a case could be made that worrying about a problem actually prevents you from resolving it, because it deceives your mind into thinking that you're doing something when really you're not. — Sarah Strohmeyer

Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. — Thomas Jefferson

It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even want to use language you and I know or can learn ... they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything
obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence. — Robert A. Heinlein

There really is no such thing as a sick child; there are children who happen to be sick. Think about it, and you will understand the magic of the Camps — Paul Newman

I've told youngsters not to write their autobiographical novel at the age of twenty-one; to save it for the time when they're fifty-one or sixty-one. They should write other novels first, to learn their craft; they shouldn't cut their teeth on the valuable material of childhood because they'll never have better material, ever, to work with. — Laura Z. Hobson

When life hands you lemons, why stop at lemonade? Create an entire product line. — Gina Greenlee