Cleland's Quotes

#1. Antiques to Die For sets the gold standard for the classic contemporary cozy. Agatha-finalist Jane K. Cleland's writing is top-notch; her plotting and pace smooth and assured. This antiquing series is in mint condition!

Julia Spencer-Fleming

#2. Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them wherever they are.

Max Cleland

#3. But we no more choose our passions than our features or complexion.

John Cleland

#4. John Kerry's service did not end in Vietnam. It began there.

Max Cleland

#5. I think we all make our own families, whether they're comprised of blood relations or friends. Some people are lucky and love their families. Others aren't. But whom we spend time with is always a choice. Including our pets.

Jane Cleland

#6. He that is ambitious for his son, should give him untried names,
For those have serv'd other men, haply may injure by their evils;
Or otherwise may hinder by their glories; therefore set him by himself,
To win for his individual name some clear praise.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

#7. My worst personal problem is that my computer doesn't understand me.

Ashleigh Brilliant

#8. Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.

Max Cleland

#9. I'm not going to be part of looking at information only partially. I'm not going to be part of just coming to quick conclusions. I'm not going to be part of political pressure to do this or not do that. I'm not going to be part of that. This is serious.

Max Cleland

#10. He is not injured. He's not fit. He's not fit to play football, unfortunately. He played in a reserve game the other day and I could have run about more than he did. I can't pick him.

Harry Redknapp

#11. I could use some lunch." "Do you have any money?" "No," Lula said. "Do you?" "No." "There's only one thing to do then. Senior buffet." Ten minutes later, I pulled into the Costco parking lot.

Janet Evanovich

#12. While the cast of characters stays the same, I always try to add in new information so readers get to know the people they care about better with each story.

Jane Cleland

#13. I encourage people to read by encouraging them to read whatever they want.

Jane Cleland

#14. I love Christmas! I'm not religious, but I love the trappings of the season. I love the decorations, and the music, and Santa, and the festive food, and the cinnamon- and vanilla-infused aromas.

Jane Cleland

#15. Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says "Bad war, good soldier." Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior.

Max Cleland

#16. I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.

Taylor Lautner

#17. The trick is to get people to read anything, to engender the love of reading. Once you can read, you can teach yourself anything. Librarians are key, I think. They hold the power to empower.

Jane Cleland

#18. The harmonious efforts which our guitarists produce unconsciously represent one of the marvels of natural art.

Manuel De Falla

#19. Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat.

Max Cleland

#20. While I hear from readers all the time that they love learning new things, I never want to do an "info-dump." Boring! I try to include enticing details and skip all the rest.

Jane Cleland

#21. Putin learned from reading the William King and David Cleland textbook in the 1980s and 1990s, planning for uncertainty is the most important element of strategy.

Clifford G. Gaddy

#22. Actually, the first thing I do is choose the antique that will be featured in each book. I try to find unusual objects with great stories. I am fascinated by the stories.

Jane Cleland

#23. Christianity, boring? So is television ... if we don't plug in.

Reinhard Bonnke

#24. He was the universe to me, and all that was not him, was nothing to me.

John Cleland

#25. Sometimes in life, there are no second chances

L.Joe

#26. If you are prone to eating too much and in a chaotic way, bone broth is your cure. It will literally feed your body with many nutrients while making you feel less hunger when you shouldn't crave food.

Greg Cleland

#27. Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.

Mahatma Gandhi

#28. Cleland was the victim of his own downfall.

Alan Parry

#29. We are running out of time. We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave.

Max Cleland