Tol'ably Quotes

#1. Life tol'ably queer. You think you've got a grip on it, then you open your hands and you find there's nothing in them.

Alvin C. York

#2. Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing!

Avijeet Das

#3. The end of times?" said Nanny. "Look, Tiff, Esme tol' me to say, if you want to see Esmerelda Weatherwax, then just you look around. She is here. Us witches don't mourn for very long. We are satisfied with happy memories - they're there to be cherished.

Terry Pratchett

#4. Luke laughed, We were about to go rescue you from your captors. Pity you had to turn up so soon. I was hoping to storm the garrison gates and sally forth on horseback to carry you to safety.

Nicole Sager

#5. I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.

Jose Carreras

#6. And as they walked along he sang "Tol-de-ri-de-oh!" at every step, he felt so gay.

L. Frank Baum

#7. One last thing on objectives - I like to make things, create things, so that's probably been the primary objective all along, even before the ego objective - to make. To record. But why record ... [that] gets back to the ego, a little. Oh, well. Making is good. I like to make things.

Jonathan Ames

#8. Me mam, bless her soul, tol' me tha' was the worst thing ye could be to a man - convenient.

Karen Hawkins

#9. There is no doubt in my mind that the literature on climate change overwhelmingly supports the hypothesis that climate change is caused by humans. I have very little reason to doubt that the consensus is indeed correct.

Richard Tol

#10. The impact of climate change is relatively small. The average impact on welfare is equivalent to losing a few per cent of income. That is, the impact of a century worth of climate change is comparable to the impact of one or two years of economic growth.

Richard Tol

#11. My people always tol' me, 'You can stay in Hell a little while, long as you know you're gettin' out.

Lisa Patton

#12. Our spiritual ancestors have also given birth to us, and they, tol, continue to give birth to us.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#13. Never believe you're so great or important, so right or proud, that you cannot kneel at the feet of someone you hurt and offer a humble, sincere apology.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#14. Peter always said the difference between men and women when they skied was only noticeable at the tol of a run. "A man drops down in the chute without a question. A woman wonders which turn might turn into a fall. That possibility never occurs to a man until it literally occurs.

Beck Anderson

#15. Because I don't expect or demand perfection, and I've learned to enjoy the ride no matter what happens. I don't waste time on lost causes.

John Carlton

#16. I've never heard myself scream before. Not like this.

Alex Van Tol

#17. I've always felt that most jazz artists don't need producers .. most jazz artists know what kind of sound they want. They don't need a producer to come in there and tell them, "Oh, I think you should do this." I've always found it very strange that there's been such a thing as producers in jazz.

Christian McBride

#18. If on'y they didn' tell me I got to get off, why, I'd prob'y be in California right now a-eatin' grapes an a-pickin' an orange when I wanted. But them sons-a-bitches says I got to get off-an', Jesus Christ, a man can't, when he's tol' to!

John Steinbeck

#19. It is pretty damn obvious that there are positive impacts of climate change, even though we are not always allowed to talk about them.

Richard Tol