Slank Quotes

#1. Little Richard was drenched in milk, and the cow was none too happy. But the iron brig door hung open. "Good job," said Slank. "Next time, you milk the cow," said Little Richard.

Dave Barry

#2. That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he's coming for this ship now."
"And how do you know that?" asked Slank. "Did a seagull tell you?" This brought chuckles from the crew.
Something like that, thought Peter.

Dave Barry

#3. When the cow jerks away, it'll yank the door open."
"But what's going to make the cow jerk away?" asked Little Richard.
"You're going to milk it," said Slank.
"But I don't know how to milk a cow!" said Little Richard.
"Exactly.

Dave Barry

#4. And it ain't a man, thought Slank.

Dave Barry

#5. Shad ignored my sudden lack of interest. "Stop overanalyzing and be happy. You should try the Shad lifestyle, Miss Winters. It's more panda bear and less porcupine."
"Huh?"
"More black and white and cuddly, and less, well ... alone and pointy.

Kirby Howell

#6. Don't run around this world
looking for a hole to hide in.
There are wild beasts in every cave!
If you live with mice,
the cat claws will find you.

Rumi

#7. The worst thing in the world was the way I felt when I wanted us to be like the families in the books in the library, when I just wanted Daddy Glen to love me like the father in Robinson Crusoe. (209)

Dorothy Allison

#8. There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.

Sean Lennon

#9. My family is first-generation Nigerian, and we grew up in a very small, suburban town in New England, Massachusetts. So I do understand what it feels like to be an 'only' in that regard.

Uzo Aduba

#10. Being a Dad is the greatest, except for assembling things.

Conan O'Brien

#11. Downsizing itself is an inevitable part of any creatively destructive economy.

James Surowiecki

#12. A good book is a cheap read.

Colin Tegerdine

#13. Everything good that happened to me happened by accident.

Jack Benny

#14. If you think of spiritual practice as unpleasant work - it is not spiritual practice as I know it.

Frederick Lenz

#15. Have your cake and eat it ... there's no other reason to have a cake

Derren Brown

#16. Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself; nor do we delight in happiness because we restrain from our lusts; but on the contrary, because we delight in it, therefore we are able to restrain them.

Baruch Spinoza

#17. The mammary fixation is the most American of the sex fetishes.

Molly Haskell

#18. Unfortunately, only a small number of patients with peptic ulcer are financially able to make a pet of an ulcer.

William James Mayo