Aboon Quotes

#1. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might: Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.

Robert Burns

#2. We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge.

Grace Hopper

#3. My brothers and sister and me grew up making fun of each other, the way we'd speak or move. When we get together, everyone's funny, quick, loud, and speaks on top of each other. It was like a great comedy school; nothing is precious.

Colman Domingo

#4. A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper's brain is the vessel's brain and he must give up his soul to her, regardless of his own feelings or inclinations.

Tristan Jones

#5. I'll send a boy round to [the crazy farmer] Martin's and ask him to come by with a couple bottles."
"Get five or six," Bast said. "It's getting cold at night. Winter's coming."
The innkeeper smiled. "I'm sure Martin will be flattered.

Patrick Rothfuss

#6. Although some Clinton biographers have been quick to label Alinsky a communist, he maintained that he never joined the Communist Party.

Bill Dedman

#7. Be bloody bold and resolute.

William Shakespeare

#8. Being powerful or powerless is a habit.

Krishna Sagar

#9. Oh well ... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

J.K. Rowling

#10. Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated.

Sherman Alexie

#11. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot.

Barbara Kingsolver