Ricketts Quotes

#1. When in Reading Gaol he told me that the warders in the dock had been gentle and kind, but the visit of the chaplain in his first prison began with these words:
'Mr. Wilde, did you have morning prayers in your house?'
'I am sorry ... I fear not.'
'You see where you are now!

Charles Ricketts

#2. The problem with guilt is that it cements you to the past.

Kevin Leman

#3. Knowing it without understanding it is enough for one to be qualified a fool;
Understanding without relative adherence, masters one in foolishness.

Caleb Ricketts

#4. I may be small but my heart is as tall as any mountain.

Sally Ricketts

#5. Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it.

Andrew Flintoff

#6. No one notices I'm breaking inside.

Troye Sivan

#7. Far too much corporate stupidity is disguised as cost-saving efficiencies.

Bill Jensen

#8. I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.

Kapil Dev

#9. The actor's realm is that of the fleeting. Of all kinds of fame, it is known, his is the most ephemeral. At least, this is said in conversation. But all kinds of fame are ephemeral. From the point of view of Sirius, Goethe's works in ten thousand years will be dust and his name forgotten.

Albert Camus

#10. Often it feels like we are at a home match when we have so many fans there. The singing, the cheering helps the players.
(on Chelsea playing on the road)

John Terry

#11. We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.

Laura Ricketts

#12. Somehow whether or not the war is winnable is beyond our scope, an irrelevant detail. We don't do it to win anymore; we do it because it's what we know how to do. Get ready to go. Get ready to come back. And the moments in between we mark on the calendar. It's our battle rhythm.

Angela Ricketts

#13. If love isn't embedded withing giving, then it would be best to never give at all, for love and giving is inseparable; they are one. Selfishness and self-gratification is not of love.

Aloy Ricketts

#14. Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.

Laura Ricketts

#15. It's still his favorite dish, though. War and rancid meat.

Angela Ricketts

#16. Fools may have the greatest repository of knowledge but will never attain Wisdom.

Caleb Ricketts

#17. What is not worth understanding is not knowing.

Caleb Ricketts

#18. When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.

Laura Ricketts

#19. To every bad there's a good and to every good there's a bad. And both are pertinent to the lessons of life, and the building of your character or individuality.

Aloy Ricketts

#20. We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#21. My hope is that we will inspire more lesbians to get politically engaged. For too long, lesbian women have been left out of politics.

Laura Ricketts

#22. The placement of a perfect perfumed turd passive-aggressive zinger is equal to the flush of an orgasm. It is sublime.

Angela Ricketts