Allenbury Gardens Quotes

#1. If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention are Bill Sykes, Sam Weller and Mrs. Gamp. A burglar, a valet and a drunken midwife-not exactly a representative cross-section of the English working class.

George Orwell

#2. He who is sincere hath the easiest task in the world, for, truth being always consistent with itself, he is put to no trouble about his words and actions; it is like traveling in a plain road, which is sure to bring you to your journey's end better than byways in which many lose themselves.

John Tillotson

#3. The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

Pierre Trudeau

#4. I just wanted to tell the story of a bunch of musicians who had never had their story told before. There's no preaching or theorizing.

Michael Azerrad

#5. I have nowhere to go. The swift satellites show The clock of my whole being is slow.

R.S. Thomas

#6. We were born to run; we were born because we run.

Christopher McDougall

#7. Those who lack a sense of humor are destined to be life's hacked up hairballs.

S.A. Garcia

#8. I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.

Anita Baker

#9. Your true friends echo your own philosophies back at you.

J.R. Rim

#10. Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence.

Stephen Baldwin

#11. He was only now outgrowing his playboy phase, groping his way out of frivolity the way others might grope their way out of atheism.

Robert Silverberg

#12. We can take the shuttle at the South Station for Battery Street, and after that the walk isn't much.

H.P. Lovecraft

#13. I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.

Corey Feldman

#14. I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.

Samantha Shannon

#15. Almost everything looks better from a distance, Long Island included.

Jerry Della Femina