Yawny Egg Quotes & Sayings

And now, holding the card in my hands and feeling its edges, all the grief had turned into something different. It was simply love. — Helen Macdonald

The imagination of man is naturally sublime, delighted with whatever is remote and extraordinary, and running, without control, into the most distant parts of space and time in order to avoid the objects, which custom has rendered too familiar to it. — David Hume

In one of his last appearances, Mitterrand, the agnostic president, was asked what the real God might say to him if he went to heaven. God would say: "At last, you know." And I would hope that He would add, "Welcome." — Francois Mitterrand

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out. — Alison Bechdel

Honesty is all I've got," she said finally, speaking in a low voice. "I don't have family. I don't have beauty, or a man. I don't have money, and I sure as hell don't have a future. All I've got to prop up my pride is my word." Her chin rose. "When Jenny Jones says something, you can bet your last peso that it's true. — Maggie Osborne

Even today, the Brazilian government estimates that there are more than sixty Indian tribes that have never been contacted by outsiders. — David Grann

It's choice that makes us human. — Jodi Picoult

My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I came along and my father said, "Oh, let Peter enjoy himself." What she did was leave musical instruments all around the house. Whistles, marimbas, squeeze boxes, a piano and organ. By age six or seven, I could bang out a simple tune on almost anything. I developed a good ear, so I didn't learn to read music until I taught myself at age eighteen, 'cause I was hearing so many good songs I couldn't possibly remember them all. — Pete Seeger

History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodate themselves with other people's property. — Voltaire

the pleasure that I get day in and day out comes from working jointly with amazing researchers/friends - — Dan Ariely

Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured. — William Shakespeare