John Newbery Quotes

#1. ..love is as complex an emotion as exists. There are many reasons why love does not prosper.
.. the waters are perilous, and you would do well to know that, because unlike your novels, not every story has a happy ending.

Mary Lydon Simonsen

#2. Independent? Bosh. That's just another word for selfish. It's stiff-backed people like you who end up being the biggest burdens.

Anne Tyler

#3. I try not to handle the foreign subjects with my English techniques and preconceptions, but to paint Sydney in Sydney and Tangier in Tangier.

John Newbery

#4. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

Norman Schwarzkopf

#5. Our national prosperity is built on our open borders. However, the reality is that if a points system is introduced in the UK it would be unavoidable for us in the Netherlands to implement similar proposals - and inevitable that many other EU countries would follow suit.

Mark Rutte

#6. If you work outdoors be passive, go with the weather. This may mean two hours sheltering from a downpour, followed by a wonderful burst of sunlight and a rainbow.

John Newbery

#7. I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.

Henry David Thoreau

#8. A defenseman passed the puck to the right forward, and he flipped, fell on his face, the defenseman took over the puck, dived and scored.

J.M.K. Walkow

#9. Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.

Darrell Issa

#10. This explosion of athletic wear and rompers is very ironic when you think about how much more sedentary we've become. As we've become less active and higher-tech, we're wearing more and more workout clothes.

Tim Gunn

#11. My technique, starting with a quick outline in pencil, is designed to record first impressions, with no time for second thoughts.

John Newbery

#12. To know, finally, what love is and not be allowed fulfilment ...

Anne Rouen

#13. It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

Hans Urs Von Balthasar

#14. Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts.

Joan Winmill Brown

#15. I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real me, where my tears joined the tears of all the sad people to form the three waterfalls in the night country.

Bryce Courtenay

#16. I asked a shop owner if he could help me out. He said: "What way did you come in?"

Frank Carson