Yumens Quotes & Sayings

We're of one mind, Grenville and I, and the mind is hers, on account of my being a man and not having one. — Loretta Chase

There are several short intervals during the day, between studies and pleasures: instead of sitting idle and yawning, in those intervals, take up any book, though ever so trifling a one, even down to a jest-book; it is still better than doing nothing. — Philip Dormer Stanhope

So I guess this makes me your sidekick, right?" he asked. "Like I could be ... " "Robin?"
He scowled. "I ain't no Robin."
"What's wrong with Robin?"
"What's wrong?" Ray rolled his eyes. "Two words: green Speedo. And he was lame. Batman was always having to save his ass." I didn't say anything. — Karen Chance

I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse? — Ann Voskamp

Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore. — Idries Shah

You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself. — Harvey S. Firestone

How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry. — Mike Tyson

Play for the day," he told himself. "Win the day, each day, and so you will win the war. — R.A. Salvatore

I don't know. Do men kill men, except in madness? Does any beast kill its own kind? Only the insects. These yumens kill us as lightly as we kill snakes. The one who taught me said that they kill one another, in quarrels, and also in groups, like ants fighting. I haven't seen that. But I know they don't spare one who asks life. They will strike a bowed neck, I have seen it! There is a wish to kill in them, and therefore I saw fit to put them to death. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Then the prophecies of the old songs have turned out to be true, after a fashion!" said Bilbo. "Of course!" said Gandalf. "And why should not they prove true? Surely you don't disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? — J.R.R. Tolkien

In 2000, twice as much water was used throughout the world as in 1960. By 2050, half of the planet's projected 8.9 billion people will live in countries that are chronically short of water. — Rose George

I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing, and activities on the ground, that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power throughout which you bring about redistributive change. And in some ways, we still suffer from that. — Barack Obama

Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier. — John Eisenhower

When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed. — Masha Gessen

Let us have no further blind devotion to the communist dominated United Nations! — Ezra Taft Benson