Middlings Quotes

#1. Carrot started to clap.
It wasn't the clap used by middlings to encourage underlings to applaud overlings. It had genuine enthusiasm behind it which was, somehow, worse.

Terry Pratchett

#2. Of what am I guilty," once exclaimed Antisthenes, "that I should be praised?

Diogenes Laertius

#3. If anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.

Bruce Schneier

#4. Victor patted my hand. 'I like you, Sky. You're a fighter.'
'I am, aren't I? Hear that, Zed? No more bambi comparisons. I'm a Rottweiler -with a temper.'
'A very small Rottweiler,' said Zed, still not convinced.

Joss Stirling

#5. My mission is to suffer for all those who suffer without knowing it. I must pay for them, expiate their unconsciousness, their luck to be ignorant of how unhappy they are.

Emile M. Cioran

#6. The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

Gloria Estefan

#7. Having confidence in yourself breaks the chain of doubt

Marcelle Hinkson

#8. Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.

Luanne Rice

#9. She does love me. She's scared.

Jaci Burton

#10. Happily Ever After isn't really the end...

K.C. Randall

#11. The ISIS situation is not just "their problem to deal with in the Middle East," it's OUR PROBLEM because it involves people Jesus died for.

Perry Noble

#12. I meet people who neglect career. Their lives aren't centered at all. They don't have much money. They have this spaced-out look in their eyes. Their chances for enlightenment are very small, unless they change the way they live.

Frederick Lenz

#13. ...she'd learned not to ask every question that cane to mind, knowing some things would be understood in their own time

Cinda Williams Chima

#14. I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.

Valentino Rossi

#15. More than ever, the creation of the ridiculous is almost impossible because of the competition it receives from reality.

Robert A. Baker

#16. Look at the Justice Department, it's full of Jews ... The lawyers in government are damn Jews.

Richard M. Nixon