Jabez Wilson Quotes

#1. Mr. Jabez Wilson laughed heavily. "Well, I never!" said he. "I thought at first that you had done something clever, but I see that there was nothing in it, after all." "I begin to think, Watson," said Holmes, "that I make a mistake in explaining.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#2. Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.

Joe Biden

#3. I became a writer, a teller of tales, because otherwise I would have died ... or worse.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#4. [Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, 'saints and angels and martyrs and holy men,' and he would have meant the same thing.

John Steinbeck

#5. There is nothing wrong with being on the bottom once in awhile, but don't stay there, women! New positions will give you new perspective, and new perspective will give you new experiences, and new experiences will give you a meaningful life.

Toni Sorenson

#6. I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters.

Minimaks

#7. Being your sister is one of the best things about being me

Renee Ahdieh

#8. I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

Dick Bruna

#9. Cynthia ordered Guilty Pleasure-why was I not surprised?

Rachel Hawthorne

#10. There is both a skill factor and an effort factor in dream recall. People can develop dream recall skills, such as lying still in the morning and writing down whatever comes to mind.

Henry Reed

#11. I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22.

Richard Briers

#12. There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them.

C.S. Lewis

#13. Yes, well, the subjective experience is the opposite of the objective reality

Ray Kurzweil

#14. You'll tell me a story and I'll spare you ? You think I don't see what you're doing ? I've read Arabian Nights."
"Call me Scheherazade, baby ! Actually, she's one tricksy bitch. Who, by the way, still owes me twenty gold pieces and a pound of sesame.

Kresley Cole

#15. Then stay with me a little longer,' Madame Olenska said in a low tone, just touching his knee with her plumed fan. It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress.

Edith Wharton