Yelnats Family Tree Quotes & Sayings

You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing. — Rufus Wainwright

That which attempts to elevate the ugly to the level of beauty becomes neither; but an obscenity. — John Donne

It required all his delicate Epicurean education to prevent his doing something about it; he had to repeat over to himself his favorite notions: that the injustice and unhappiness in the world is a constant; that the theory of progress is a delusion; that the poor, never having known happiness, are insensible to misfortune. Like all the rich he could not bring himself to believe that the poor (look at their houses, look at their clothes) could really suffer. Like all the cultivated he believed that only the widely read could be said to know that they were unhappy. — Thornton Wilder

In Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in particular have filled the vacuum of organised religion, with reasoned questioning of its mantras regarded as a form of blasphemy. — Nigel Lawson

On NBC, MSNBC and Hulu, you can size and cut clips to whatever length you want. Do online clips affect the TV market? I'm guessing not really. — Rachel Sklar

What's so interesting about 'Point Break' to me is that it's a study of testosterone and adrenaline by a woman. That's why it's little more interesting than it should be. — John C. McGinley

When we learn new behaviors and break through to higher levels of consciousness and love, we can fulfill the deeper spiritual hunger within. — Judith Wright

The cat's manner of rejection was like cold, white light. — Takashi Hiraide

He started to engage the gears, and then suddenly paused with a feeling of uneasiness. He did not regret leaving his own car, but still something worried him. In a moment he remembered. He went back to his old car, and took out the hammer. He carries it over to the station wagon and laid it at his feet. Then he drove out of the garage. — George R. Stewart

Children seem to think that every pleasant thing has to be a surprise. — Marilynne Robinson

Staring at the wall opposite him he presented the queen with a view of his ear and awaited her orders. — Megan Whalen Turner