Scrawls Cartoonist Quotes

#1. It offended him both as a lawyer and as a lover of the sane and customary sides of life, to whom the fanciful was the immodest.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#2. Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.

Jimmy Carter

#3. A tall girl towered over us, arms crossed tightly over her chest.

Kami Garcia

#4. It is only when we admit our ignorance that we can hope to overcome it.

Chris Matakas

#5. The author's alliterative description of politics since the 1960 presidential debates: "Government by Gotcha".

David Pietrusza

#6. Drought-struck farmers pray for rain, in the express hope that the universe or owner thereof will hear the words and suspense the laws of meteorology for their benefit. Some, of course, actually believe just that, and for all anyone can prove they could be right.

Terry Pratchett

#7. We know we are a species obsessed with itself and its own past and origins. We know we are capable of removing from the sanctuary of the earth shards and fragments, and gently placing them in museums. Great museums in great cities - the hallmarks of civilisation.

Kathleen Jamie

#8. I worked hard. I worked late. I went in early. I did everything I could to gain an advantage.

Joe Theismann

#9. I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, actually, on cassette tapes.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

#10. If you can really accept the fact that every time you think a thought and every time you speak a word you are literally painting your future or making your dinner - whatever you want to call it - you are creating ... and you are creating your own life.

Louise Hay