Diogenes Club Quotes

#1. He was a member of the Diogenes Club, to which he had been nominated by one of his more peculiar acquaintances, a Government man whose intellectual capacity was matched only by his physical corpulence.

K.J. Charles

#2. The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men. He's always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight. It's six now, so if you care for a stroll this beautiful evening I shall be very happy to introduce you to two curiosities.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#3. ...mention chess and most people's eyes glaze over. They think of two old geezers, one of whom has died but no one has noticed, in overstuff armchairs at the Diogenes Club.

Charles Krauthammer

#4. Hope you don't mind my taste in music. I like a little backbeat when I launch. (Devyn)
Just wait until you're in battle with him. That shit'll make your ears bleed. (Sway)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#5. No matter how improbable an assertion is, if it is made with enough assurance it has an affect.

Erich Maria Remarque

#6. We need to stop the little girl," said Richard "pass me that shotgun.

Kim Newman

#7. Now, 'Dasher!' now, 'Dancer!' now, 'Prancer' and 'Vixen!'
On, 'Comet!' on, 'Cupid!' on, 'Donner' and 'Blitzen!'

Clement Clarke Moore

#8. To Sachin, the man we all want to be.

Andrew Symonds

#9. Small children can be startled by the most mundane of noises. A car door from a distance can sound like the sky falling down when heard for the very first time.

Ulysses Brave

#10. Piggy once more was the centre of social derision so that everyone felt cheerful and normal.

William Golding

#11. It's hard to see yourself as a princess because it involves a huge leap of the imagination and sort of requires you to believe you can be that, which is a scary, weird thing.

Lily James

#12. In essence, you make your choices, and then your choices make you.

Darren Hardy