Scrap Iron Quotes

#1. 12.00 midnight: whilst soaking in my bath I hear a distant shout. "I'm going to bed, but I don't necessarily have to go alo-o-ne." It's Dr Chapman in the passage. He repeats the line three times, like someone selling scrap iron and it recedes along the corridor.

Michael Palin

#2. My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired.

Richard Russo

#3. For he who loses all often easily loses himself.

Primo Levi

#4. If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.

Ari Fleischer

#5. To make the world a better place, see the world as a better place.

Alan Cohen

#6. I knew that sometimes when people spoke, it wasn't because they had something important to say. It was because they had a powerful need for someone to listen.

Jodi Picoult

#7. It was strange to think that one day I might have my own stack of yellowed photos to show skeptical grandchildren - and my own fantastic stories to share.

Ransom Riggs