Norell's Quotes

#1. A gentleman in Mr Norell's position with a fine house and a large estate will always be of interest to his neighbors and, unless those neighbors are very stupid, they will always contrive to know a little of what he does.

Susanna Clarke

#2. The year has 365 days, and I want each and every one of them to be exciting.

Mario Testino

#3. People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't even make records no more!

Al Green

#4. Neatness was not one of the things he aimed at in life.

George Selden

#5. If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.

Roberto Clemente

#6. I only wish he had not married," said Mr. Norell fretfully. "Magicians have no business marrying.

Susanna Clarke

#7. All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love
and most of all, an audience!

Edward Abbey

#8. Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.

Kate Upton

#9. Prison opened my eyes to so many things. It was a great time. I met interesting people. I got to understand the behaviour of the police and the media. I am an observer of the human race.

Jonathan King

#10. While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

Maya Angelou

#11. It is impossible, except for theologians, to conceive of a world-wide scandal or a universe-wide scandal; the proof of this is the way people have settled down to living with nuclear fission, radiation poisoning, hydrogen bombs, satellites, and space rockets.

Mary McCarthy

#12. Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

Maria Montessori

#13. A god of kindness would be charitable to all. Your god of wrath and punishment is but a monstrous phantasy.

Emile Zola

#14. The pilgrims continue to come. Only God knows what each one of us brings, and with what kind of heart. We come mystically to this cave. We know the mess we bring and the often distracted heart that brings it. But this is all we have
all we are. One stretches out his arms to receive.

M. Basil Pennington

#15. If you want to keep something from falling in the tiolet - shut the lid.

(Politicians might do well to memorize this.)

R. Felini

#16. Monetary success is not success. Career success is not success. Life, someone that loves you, giving to others, doing something that makes you feel complete and full. That is success. And it isn't dependent on anyone else.

James Avery