Cretin Derham Quotes

#1. There are about five or six songs that were written in full or in part while I was in Iraq, and that was definitely a life-changing experience. There was no shortage of inspiration.

Bryan Hayes

#2. I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France.

Edward Grey

#3. The fact that we still live well cannot ease the feeling that we no longer live nobly.

John Updike

#4. I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys.

Caroline B. Cooney

#5. The people who encouraged me weren't necessarily writers or readers themselves. They were people who were just pleased to see me devote my life to reading and writing.

Pankaj Mishra

#6. Climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and dramatic damage if we do not take resolute countermeasures.

Angela Merkel

#7. If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.

Ernest Hemingway,

#8. Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.

Huey Long

#9. You're an incredible woman, Lela. I would battle a thousand Terrademons to reach your heart. But I cannot challenge or defeat an enemy that's already dead. I cannot fight for a heart that doesn't want to be won.

N.D. Jones