American Diner Quotes

#1. Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendships and intimacies ... and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will by the roadside, expecting them to "keep" by force of mere inertia. - Author: William James

#2. Life itself is the proper binge. - Author: Julia Child

#3. When I was a boy in Salem, Mass., in the 1950s, if you wanted to buy a book, you had to take a train to Boston. And when you got there, to a bookstore, there was no such thing as a science-fiction section. - Author: Gardner Dozois

#4. We can only know others by ourselves. - Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

#5. If you owe too much on American Express,
and your Diner's Club notes are too hard,
take a loan on your Visa,
and pay it off with your MasterCard! - Author: Nipsey Russell

#6. I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17. - Author: Philip Emeagwali

#7. Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American. - Author: Malcolm X

#8. From Heartbreak Hotel:
(Thalia)" knew how tot focus on what was important and she kept things simple"
"Live long enough and everything becomes. Live long enough and your interests narrow - Author: Jonathan Kellerman

#9. Whenever you stand firmly in the midst of a hardship, holding and expressing the love that you are, you will witness illusions falling away. Through being the love that you are, you are empowered to transcend your sufferings. - Author: Glenda Green

#10. Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue. - Author: James Wolcott

#11. I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner. Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. - Author: Malcolm X

#12. The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it. - Author: Michel De Montaigne

#13. When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument. - Author: Zsa Zsa Gabor

#14. The bastard - no other name was necessary, from now on the man formerly known as J.D. would simply be called The Bastard, The Prick, or The Shithead. - Author: Julie James

#15. A view of nature as dense and nonlinear is at the core of our contemporary science. Process and order emerge subtly. - Author: Gregory Benford

#16. Understanding your strengths and weaknesses is an unending process of self-discovery and creative evolution. Real success depends on being true to what fascinates you. - Author: Paul O'Brien

#17. I was a very ancient twelve; my views at that age would have done credit to a Civil War veteran. I am much younger now than I was at twelve or anyway, less burdened. The weight of the centuries lies on children, I'm sure of it. - Author: Flannery O'Connor

#18. Things that come out of nowhere go back to nowhere, that's all. - Author: Haruki Murakami

#19. From where do you find such awesome stuff??
...
I'm little puzzled, and confused that people say "No", and they want everything to be on their table! - Author: Deyth Banger