Petey Wheatstraw Quotes

#1. It is contrary to the usual practice of professional men to give their opinions upon each other's work unless regularly called upon in the way of their profession.

John Smeaton

#2. Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance.

William Shakespeare

#3. I was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1917, May the 28th. So you can figure that out; that's a long ways off. Oh, I've been around a long time.

Papa John Creach

#4. How one suffered for one's children - all their upsets a hurt; all their joys a triumph. 'And

Deryn Lake

#5. The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote.

Rex Stout

#6. It's all right," Phaedrus said. "We just accidentally stumbled over a genuine question, and the shock is hard to recover from.

Robert M. Pirsig

#7. So, for a book set in 2006, Open City evades certain markers, while it embraces certain others. Julius doesn't use a smartphone, and he doesn't discuss contemporary US politics in any fine detail.

Teju Cole

#8. The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers are forced to pay union dues as a condition of their employment, yet they have little say in how the unions spend their money.

Linda Chavez

#9. Chicago is the greatest of all baseball cities. I make no exception, although I have been treated well wherever I have been. It is the greatest city because the fans will stick to a loser season after season. I have had my share of defeats, so I should know.

Charles Comiskey

#10. When your love contracts in anger, the atmosphere itself feels threatening. But when you're expansive, no matter what the weather, you're in an open, windy field with friends.

Rumi

#11. me, "You may easily perceive, Captain Walton, that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes. I had determined, once, that the memory of these evils should die with me; but you have won me to alter my determination.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#12. ONCE a beloved asked her lover: "Friend,
You have seen many places in the world!
Now - which of all these cities was the best?
He said: "The city where my sweetheart lives!

Rumi

#13. The smylere with the knyf under the cloke.

Geoffrey Chaucer