Philebus Cliff Quotes

#1. At some point, extra incomes don't go to sate desires but to attempt to buy status through 'positional goods' - like the hottest car on the block. The problem is that there can only be one hottest car on the block.

Nicholas Kristof

#2. I've spent a great deal of time over the past decade as a caregiver for various family members. It gives me a perspective on the struggles that many New Yorkers face with illness, disability, health care, insurance difficulties, and trying to work with and also take care of family members.

Wendy E. Long

#3. "If it were a dog, it would have bitten you already." Actual Twents: "At e ne hond was, dan e oew allange ebettene." Meaning: Said to someone who is looking for something which is right under his nose. Source: Twents Woordenbook. Twents in Woord en Gebruik.

Robert Frost

#4. You have been having our rights so long, that you think, like a slave-holder, that you own us. I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up; it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again.

Sojourner Truth

#5. A satyagrahi has infinite patience, abundant faith in others, and ample hope.

Mahatma Gandhi

#6. Too elevated qualities often unfit a man for society. We do not go to market with ingots, but with silver and small change.

Nicolas Chamfort

#7. Before he could bring his lips together, his teeth fell, no, actually his teeth jumped, out of his mouth.

Maya Angelou

#8. In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

Jean Rostand

#9. You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage.

Deirdre O'Kane

#10. As an Odd-Fish, it is not my job to be right,' said Sir Oort. 'It is my job to be wrong in new and exciting ways.

James Kennedy

#11. excitement of it. He'd been the golden boy,

Linda Howard

#12. If Garp was going to play lacrosse, Jenny thought, where would he go? Not out, because it's dark; he'd lose the ball.

John Irving

#13. Our service for one another is a service to humanity.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#14. Words are tools of imagery in motion,

Sam Shepard