Pecksniff Quotes

#1. Today, as a result of the policy of Macmillan's Government, Great Britain presents in the United Nations the face of Pecksniff and in Katanga the face of Gradgrind.

Conor Cruise O'Brien

#2. [ ... ]all men are writers, journalists scribbling within their skulls the narrative of what they see and hear[ ... ]

Terry Pratchett

#3. Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up!

Caroline Myss

#4. Storytelling not only makes us human; it creates vulnerability.

Herbert Anderson

#5. Nadia looked ... weird. Like chugged-a-Butterfinger-Blizzard-in-ninety-seconds-and-got-on-the-Tilt-A-Whirl weird.

Claudia Gray

#6. Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday - it's a day that's American to the core and it's a day that's all about what and how we eat.

Marcus Samuelsson

#7. "Do not repine, my friends," said Mr. Pecksniff, tenderly. "Do not weep for me. It is chronic."

Charles Dickens

#8. When a person becomes happy, the world becomes lighter! If all becomes happy, the world will be weightless!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#9. " ... It is not my desire to wound the feelings of any person with whom I am connected in family bonds. I may be a hypocrite," said Mr. Pecksniff, cuttingly, "but I am not a brute."

Charles Dickens