Yakkity Yak Quotes & Sayings

Mathematicians among my readers do not need to be informed that " ... " is the algebraical sign representing a blend of wheeze, croak, and hiccough. — P.G. Wodehouse

There's only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don't have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn't take your life that serious. — Charles Barkley

Dei sub numine viget, Under God's power she flourishes — Princeton University

True deduction can only be obtained through a certain amount of self annihilation. — Joe Riggs

My mother's mild-eyed sadness looks at me from the eyes of those I love. — Mason Cooley

Find a way to enjoy parts of every run. Most of your runs should be mostly enjoyable. — Jeff Galloway

But that's the beauty of American cable news, darling. It doesn't have to be credible. It just has to be entertaining. — Daniel Silva

If you keep picking at that scab on your heart, it won't heal. — Antonia Perdu

I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand, and if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer - he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity. — Bernard Malamud

The first thing I do when I come to work, I say hello to my dogs and give them one biscuit each. The butler takes them out to the park and drops them off at the office, so they are there waiting for me. They are very popular in the studio. They play all the time. They run around, up and down, left and right. — Stefano Gabbana

In poetry, only emotion endures. — X.J. Kennedy

It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye. — Jason Schwartzman

Under time pressure, they began to behave just as people do when they are highly aroused. they stopped relying on the actual evidence of their senses and fell back on a rigid and unyielding system, a stereotype. — Malcolm Gladwell

I'm a people person, very approachable. I go out every night, tons of functions. I love all facets of this industry ... Music, film, TV, books, art. I love being around creative people. — Guy Oseary

Education for livelihood alone will never make our life full and complete. — Mata Amritanandamayi

The sentences still form in my mind, and thoughts still do their little show-off dance, but I know my thought patterns so well now that they don't bother me anymore. My thoughts have become like old neighbors, kind of bothersome but ultimately rather endearing - Mr. and Mrs. Yakkity-Yak and their three dumb children, Blah, Blah and Blah. But they don't agitate my home. There's room for all of us in this neighborhood. — Elizabeth Gilbert