Ripred's Quotes

#1. Do not judge Ripred's behavior by that of his kind

Suzanne Collins

#2. A treaty cannot be made which alters the Constitution of the country, or which infringes and express exceptions to the power of the Constitution.

Alexander Hamilton

#3. Ripred held up his paws in mock surprise. Oh, dear. Is this where we fight to the death? I didn't expect it so soon.

Suzanne Collins

#4. Calvinism did not spring from Calvin. We believe that it sprang from the great Founder of all truth.

Charles Spurgeon

#5. Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores.

Bill Alexander

#6. Did you indeed?" said Ripred. "It seems like only yesterday you were a baby bouncing on your grandpa's knee. And now you're starting wars. They grow up so fast.

Suzanne Collins

#7. There's no curse like getting what you want.

Joe Abercrombie

#8. We use Dr.Ducks Ax Wax religiously on all Danelectros before they ever leave the factory ...

Brian Martin

#9. Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

Eckhart Tolle

#10. Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.

Ziggy Marley

#11. Yes, I'm a mouse. Squeak, squeak. Now shoo-shoo back to your little bug friends, said Rirped, picking up a hunk of dried beef. He tore a off a piece with his teeth and noticed Boots hadn't moved. He pulled back his lips to reveal a row of jagged teeth and gave her a sharp hiss.

Suzanne Collins

#12. The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldn't be having this conversation, said Ripred.

Suzanne Collins

#13. You want a piece of advice?" said Ripred.
"Don't bother. I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid," said Gregor.
"Quite the contrary. I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening." said Ripred.

Suzanne Collins

#14. Me and my dad used to play tag, he'd drive!

Rodney Dangerfield

#15. I start to crack at four hundred to one.

Suzanne Collins

#16. Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?

Muhammad Iqbal

#17. Ripred sighed. 'I suppose so. You and I seem to end up doing everything. Shall we say four members for each delegation?'
'Why not?' Luxa said. 'Four can be as stupid as ten. No need to crowd the room.'
Ripred laughed. 'You know, I think you an I are going to get on famously.

Suzanne Collins

#18. The apostle Paul said, "Be not conformed to this world." These words cut like a sharp sword across our way of life. They have the tone of the battle call in them. They separate the weak from the strong. But they are words of inspiration, and we need to hear them today.

Billy Graham

#19. Well, I've spent a lot of time in your libraries at night," said Ripred.
"You come up and read books?" asked Gregor.
"Read them, eat them, whatever mood strikes me," he said.

Suzanne Collins

#20. Promise is the capacity for letting people down.

Cyril Connolly

#21. If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.

Tina Fey

#22. Moving to America felt as splitting and eternal as death.

Marina Nemat