Yablonski Quotes & Sayings

Self-interest usually brings injustice with it. — Catherine The Great

What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with. — Haruki Murakami

Join the club.
(to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Man City a European place) — Stuart Pearce

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The ache for "home" lives inside all of us, to be able to return to our safe place and not have to be stressed and burdeoned by the world. Home — Jose N. Harris

Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria. (There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.) — Dante Alighieri

Truth be told, John said, the one thing in this world I want more than anything else is a great big crowbar, to jimmy myself open and take whatever creature that's sitting inside and shake it clean like a rug and then rinse it in a cold, clear lake like up in Oregon, and then I want to put it under the sun to let it heal and dry and grow and sit and come to consciousness again with a clear and quiet mind. — Douglas Coupland

You were right, this is absolutely dismal," he said.

"Don't be so quick to judge," I replied. "Here comes the exciting part, where we continue to twirl in the exact same manner as before." Mr. Kent scoffed.

"Would you like to reverse our direction? Knock a few couples down?"

"But then there'll be nowhere to dance, with bodies all over the floor."

"My God, you are impossible to please. — Tarun Shanker

If you have a great day at work and you've been hit with all these great ideas and there's a lot of excitement on your team, your mind doesn't turn off. For years I've kept a pad of paper and pen by me at night, because things just occur to you. — Anne Sweeney

Perfect joy could not be joy alone but must be a joy that somehow contains our past grief and sadness and longing. — Amy Alznauer

Two people can illustrate crudity to you.
The first is the crude man, whom you see perceiving the diamond as a stone.
The other is the refined man, who makes clear to you the crudity of the first one. — Idries Shah

I don't think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life. — Billie Holiday

tomorrow's gone-we'll have tonight! — Dorothy Parker

When I'm in social situations I always hold onto my glass. It makes me feel comfortable and secure, and I don't have to shake hands — Larry David