Colbin Nightstand Quotes

#1. In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens, that when a man gets well, he not only does not do the good he proposed to do when he was sick, but he multiplies his sins and his ingratitude.

Philip Neri

#2. The wisest man may be a blind father.

Jules Verne

#3. A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.

P. J. O'Rourke

#4. Whatever road you take, you must never see that road as your one and only road!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#5. Pimps make the best librarians.

Avi Steinberg

#6. You are wonderful sacred-soul.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#7. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

George Edward Woodberry

#8. All this happiness on display is suspect ... If they think - and they could be right - that continued torture and summary executions, ethnic cleansing and occasional genocide are preferable to an invasion, they should be sombre in their view.

Ian McEwan

#9. What's fun now is that I have a show at USA that I co-wrote called 'Benched.' I'm completely behind the scenes and not the actor at all.

Michaela Watkins

#10. Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation.

Charles Duhigg

#11. What do we do with mountains? For us who have lived most of our lives on monotonous level ground, mountains give indelible character to the landscape. They evoke wonder, awe, a multitude of questions as to their purpose, their grandeur and the mystery of creation.

F. Sionil Jose

#12. One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.

Bruno Schulz

#13. Being unprepared makes me nervous. I'm old-fashioned show folk.

John C. Reilly