Lavengro Quotes

#1. Two well-worn volumes by George Borrow, Lavengro and Romany Rye. The two books are an account of Borrow's time among the Gypsies and what he learned there, and I was delighted.

Louis L'Amour

#2. Respect is not the equivalent to 'liking' a student or teacher; it is the ability to have a high regard for the role of another. In order to receive respect, we should demonstrate it first ...

Tanya R. Liverman

#3. Going from drama to just straight-up comedy with Tommy Davidson and Jamie Foxx - what a blast.

Vivica A. Fox

#4. The universe was playing with loaded dice, which insured an excess of cowards in our ranks.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#5. Anna worked in television advertising, she told him.

In a studio with guys past their sell-by date, who mistake women for a cross between an espresso machine and a sofa.

Nina George

#6. It is my great hope that our paths, however long and winding, will cross again.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#7. The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.

Robert McNamara

#8. She would be a mentor and an inspiration to girls like herself, the quiet ones who'd sleepwalked their way through high school, knowing nothing except that they couldn't possibly be happy with any of the choices the world seemed to be offering them.

Tom Perrotta

#9. Her black is beautiful, his society is ugly.

Habeeb Akande

#10. I used to beat up kids and bite kids and do stuff all the time.

Russell Wilson

#11. Think of it.' said Robert Rosenbluth, a doctor whose acquaintance i made at the start of this book. 'no engineer could design something as multifunctional and fine tuned as an anus. to call someone an asshole is really bragging him up.

Mary Roach