Abuelitos Forney Quotes

#1. I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects.

Emma Lazarus

#2. Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'

Nawal El Saadawi

#3. I eat lots of veggies and pasta and nuts, tofu and soups. Works well for my body, and I also feel more in tune.

Isabel Lucas

#4. Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.

Richard P. Feynman

#5. In reading he found solitude. In reading he could dispel the blare of the world.

Christos Tsiolkas

#6. Mistakes are so interesting. Here's a wonderful mistake. Let's see what we can learn from it.

Carol S. Dweck

#7. The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw thousands out of work.

Stephen Kinzer

#8. At least you know that you're crazy. That means you have the potential to recover.

Mira Grant

#9. The wise man ... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

Samuel Smiles

#10. Probably every lover imagines that his own love is pure, and that others love like beasts.

James J. Wilhelm

#11. Golf giveth and golf taketh away. But it taketh away a hell of a lot more than it giveth.

Simon Hobday

#12. But to use the knowledge of the threading, you must learn the making of the shades. When to sadden with the iron pot. How to bloom the colors. How to bleed.

Lois Lowry