Charles Scribner Quotes

#1. I'm not that good looking.

Psy

#2. Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life.

Charles Scribner Jr.

#3. I always talk about love but I've seen a life where I can live without it, where I can eat with my hands, make the whole bed, leave the light on for myself.

Caitlyn Siehl

#4. Raising teenage sons and daughters is a long and tiresome journey. With God's help the final outcome will be worthwhile.

Ana Monnar

#5. They learned to have a very high opinion of God and a very low opinion of His works - although they could tell you that this world had been made by God Himself. What they didn't see was that it is beautiful, and that some of the greatest beauties are the briefest.

Wendell Berry

#6. President Obama spent Election Day away from any press coverage, attending closed-door meetings inside the White House. But on the bright side, it is nice to see some doors actually closed at the White House. It's a whole new Secret Service security thing.

Jimmy Fallon

#7. Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

Charles Scribner Jr.

#8. Was that justice? she said. She sounded as though she honestly wanted to know.

Charlaine Harris

#9. The instrument that you play on, Pollyanna, will be the great heart of the world; and to me that seems the most wonderful instrument of all - to learn. Under your touch, if you are skilful, it will respond with smiles or tears, as you will.

Eleanor H. Porter

#10. In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'

Robert A. Heinlein

#11. What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

Sean Durkin

#12. That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this spring that are free and fair and free of outside influence.

Stephen Hadley

#13. Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it's more difficult.

Dave Mustaine