The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman Book Quotes

#1. I swallowed my own smile. I shouldn't be thinking this was fun at all; it was serious business. But I couldn't help it, if you couldn't look at the world when it fell apart around you and see the funny shit, you would end up hating everyone and everything.

Shannon Mayer

#2. My parents weren't stereotypical and pressuring me to go to college. They mentioned it a lot and constantly, but it wasn't a do or die thing, like, 'You have to do this or you're done.'

Harry Shum Jr.

#3. Who does understand life?

Ian McKellen

#4. I decided to grow my hair out during college, and it's kind of stuck ever since. Even when I thought about cutting it or trimming it, common sense kicks in, and I don't think the fans would recognize me; people wouldn't know who I am. It would almost be like Santa Claus losing his powers.

Clay Matthews III

#5. They could only stare at Esme's shoes and wonder why she as wearing footwear that was so violent and impractical.

Lemony Snicket

#6. The hardest thing in practice is finding enough time to think about design.

John McAslan

#7. You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

Dhani Harrison

#8. If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one - and the same goes for paintings.

Elizabeth Bishop

#9. Today, elderly people are discarded when, in reality, they are the seat of wisdom of the society ... the right to life means allowing people to live and not killing, allowing them to grow, to eat, to be educated, to be healed, and to be permitted to die with dignity.

Pope Francis

#10. With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view.

Miyamoto Musashi

#11. I was lucky enough to meet the Material Girl twice.

Eric West

#12. If four years of university can increase your effectiveness of what you can do for others in the name of Christ, it is the best investment that you can make. But if the education is simply to get a job to make a lot of money, you have to raise the question of why you're doing it.

Tony Campolo

#13. I use as sensitive a line as possible when I draw on the plate.

Jay Moore