Margaret Kilgallen Quotes

#1. Kraut was a stand-up guy in the old tradition, in a strange way reminiscent of my father in his steadfast refusal to abandon a position once he had taken it. It was a quality I lacked, and so admired in others when they weren't using it to beat me to the canvas or break my heart.

Miles Watson

#2. Alone among all creatures, the species that styles itself wise, Homo sapiens, has an abiding interest in its distant origins, knows that its allotted time is short, worries about the future and wonders about the past.

John Noble Wilford

#3. Working on your biceps? Try chopping down a cherry tree.

George Washington

#4. From a distance it might look straight, but when you get close up, you can always see the line waver. And I think that's where the beauty is.

Margaret Kilgallen

#5. The Guardians wouldn't abandon the last Dragomir. And I wouldn't have abandoned Lissa even if there were a million Dragomirs.

Richelle Mead

#6. I believe that to be a free woman is to be both passionate and intelligent; and I am a free woman at last.

Philippa Gregory

#7. Once more Isambard looked completely terrified. Twice in one night! This was going to be a diary entry for the ages.

Lia Habel

#8. We have a lot of choice about whether to interpret something as adversity or as opportunity. I see in myself the tendency at times to make situations worse than they have to be because of my catastrophic interpretation.

Marianne Williamson

#9. My hand will always be imperfect because it's human ... I think that's where the beauty is.

Margaret Kilgallen

#10. Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby, you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

Christopher Moore

#11. People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

G.K. Chesterton

#12. Inwardly the sun also has an energy field, it has an aura, so does the earth, so does the moon, and so do all the planets. We're affected by those auras. It's not something that you really want to reason out.

Frederick Lenz

#13. I'm terrified that if they know how much I hate it, they might take it away.

Megan Whalen Turner

#14. This is what Helen has learned: it is possible to be so tired you cannot reach for the sky, you cannot breathe. You can't even talk. You can't pick up the phone. You can't do a dish or dance or cook or do up your own zipper.

Lisa Moore

#15. Love yourself and watch - Today, tomorrow, always. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing - Straighten yourself.

Gautama Buddha

#16. If you're doing something in the city, then hopefully you're speaking to somebody who has an open mind who is walking by. And you're also speaking to a community of other people who do similar types of work. I like to think that the outdoor community is broad and able and open for anybody to see.

Margaret Kilgallen