Nkenge Gilliam Quotes

#1. Privilege encased them, surrounded them like armor. In the cast of their faces was the assumption that they would never have to take anything very seriously. For the first time in my life I saw the truth in the old proposition that the rich were better-looking.

Peter Straub

#2. The handkerchief is the universal utensil of the seasoned traveler. It can be a sanitizing device, a seat cover, a dust mask, a garrote, a bandage, a gag, or a white flag. One may feel well-prepared with nothing but a pocket square.

Josiah Bancroft

#3. What happens when you have great grief in your life is the arteries of that heart begins to spasms down, just literally squeezes down like this because you're feeling the tension of your life and then the heart muscle itself will also begin - to get stressed out.

Mehmet Oz

#4. Daddy pays for the water, daddy pays for the gas, daddy pays for the electricity, and if daddy didn't pay for the electricity, he'd pay for the candle on your nightstand, so you can study for the big test tomorrow.

Chris Rock

#5. The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

Winston Churchill

#6. Who'd have thoght I could miss someone I've never actually met? Me. I've thought that. I miss tons of things I've never seen, and now you most of all.

Leah Thomas

#7. When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.

Michael Josephson

#8. Common observation confirms that a mobile, exploring toddler learns faster and more efficiently than the child whose feet never leave the couch and whose eyes never leave the T.V. screen.

Gary Ezzo

#9. What in the world? I stare at him, my mouth open. I never said you had an STD!

Jenny Han

#10. Vote Smart has sent out thirty thousand questionnaires to every candidate running for office.

Betty Hill

#11. An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better.

Rene Magritte

#12. If I bother you so much, why did you let me kiss you again in that hospital? Is the reason to screw up my head more, to see if you still have the knack for it? Because congratulations Nell, you've succeeded yet again.

LeeAnn Whitaker