Lunch Whistles Quotes

#1. The whistling of a ghost is like no other sound in a fistful of universes, because it is woven of all the whistles the ghost has ever heard, and so it usually includes train moans, lunch whistles, fire alarms, and the affronted-virgin screaming of tea kettles.

Peter S. Beagle

#2. Silence is the perfect herald of joy.

William Shakespeare

#3. We've been taught a watered-down version of following Jesus for so long that people think it's Christianity, but it's not biblical.

Francis Chan

#4. Personally, I have learned to welcome the sensation of boredom when I'm working out because boredom can actually provide opportunities that are relaxing and, dare I say it, even useful.

Hanne Blank

#5. By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.

Lawrence Welk

#6. I am not Mr. Chairman. I am His Excellency, the President of Palestine.

Yasser Arafat

#7. I've been thinking of installing a train in my house. It could bring me shrimp crackers from the kitchen.

Cassandra Clare

#8. I'll wipe that smile off your face," he vowed.
"And how do you plan to do that?"
"Put the kid to bed and I'll show you.

Nick Wilgus

#9. The fundamental law of capitalism is: when workers have more money, businesses have more customers, and need more workers. The idea that high wages equals low employment, it's absurd.

Nick Hanauer

#10. What shall we do at our tea party?" Daddy asked. "Do we sing and read poems like you do at Grammy's?"

"We can just talk. I can tell you about what's been happening at school. You can tell me about your work or what you did when you were a little boy. You know. Things that matter.

Babette Donaldson

#11. It's true that I had a bucolic, truly peaceful childhood, growing up in a house next to our family's orchard. We had a lot of books and art, but no electricity until I was eight years old. Since then, I have seen a lot of inner-city life, though.

Virginia Euwer Wolff

#12. St. Louis has a lot of weird food customs that you don't see other places - and a lot of great ethnic neighborhoods. There's a German neighborhood. A great old school Italian neighborhood, with toasted ravioli, which seems to be a St. Louis tradition. And they love provolone cheese in St. Louis.

Andy Cohen

#13. Music is my life and my passion ...

Edwyn Collins

#14. Don't tell me something happened to her," I say, "not unless you want the world to burn.

J.M. Darhower

#15. One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since.

Cy Young

#16. I think self-esteem comes from work.

Anthony Scaramucci