Tassie Quotes

#1. Go fetch to me a pint o' wine,
An' fill it in a silver tassie.

Robert Burns

#2. Pecans are not cheap, my hons. In fact, in the South, the street value of shelled pecans just before holiday baking season is roughly that of crack cocaine. Do not confuse the two. It is almost impossible to make a decent crack cocaine tassie, I am told.

Celia Rivenbark

#3. Having our old Gran in the car was like having a cranky 'Tassie Tiger' sitting in the back. You never knew when she might jump forward and bite you on the back of your neck.

Elizabeth M. Thompson

#4. Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.

Baltasar Gracian

#5. You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.

Aasif Mandvi

#6. I don't live to amuse you, you know."
"One, are you sure? Because you do. And two, we don't make fun of you. Very much. Anymore. And three ...

Rainbow Rowell

#7. Imperturbability means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril, immobility, impassiveness, or, to use an old and expressive word, phlegm.

William Osler

#8. When they set off for their first day at their new school, I will never forget that winter morning as I watched our girls, just 7 and 10 years old, pile into those black SUVs with all those big men with guns.

Michelle Obama