Schemata Example Quotes

#1. None of the books were in alphabetical order, which made it necessary to cock my head sideways to read each one of the spines. By the end of the third shelf I began to realize why librarians were sometimes able to achieve such pinnacle levels of crankiness: It's because they're in agony.

Alan Bradley

#2. This phrase did not have the ring of verisimilitude because I am famously bad at math. If I'm in charge of tipping at a restaurant, the waiter will either fall to his knees in gratitude or slash my tires. There ain't no Mr. In Between.

Celia Rivenbark

#3. My models for graceful aging are guys like John Lee Hooker and Mississippi John Hurt, who never stopped working till they dropped, as I fully expect to be doing, and just getting better as musicians and as human beings.

Bruce Cockburn

#4. I've never met a guy who makes me feel cold at the same time he makes me hot. It's weird. But I like it. Too much.

C.M. Stunich

#5. Prince Charles is definitely my hero; he uses his position to do only good in this world.

Vivienne Westwood

#6. We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate ... Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realising our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.

Christopher Reeve