Uncle Roger Quotes

#1. Uncle Scrooge preferred to let the poor die "and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge may not have had God on his side, but his arithmetic was impeccable.

Roger Rosenblatt

#2. The acquisition of a book signalled not just the potential acquisition of knowledge but also something like the property rights to a piece of ground: the knowledge became a visitable place.

James Wood

#3. Two wrongs don't make anything right, but maybe they make things more equal.

S.J. Watson

#4. Nor problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

John F. Kennedy

#5. My dad worked for Nestle for 26 years and ended up being the mayor of our hometown. One of the lessons I learned from him was to never mistake kindness for weakness.

Brad D. Smith

#6. Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#7. My uncle used to love me, but she died.

Roger Miller

#8. I think Wilco is going to definitely stand the test of time - no question - and Uncle Tupleo, and the whole No Depression scene, which is now alt-country. I think that's going to be around a long time.

Roger McGuinn

#9. I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?

Jean Kerr

#10. The Greek word for box is kouti which also means stupid.

Lucas Samaras

#11. Felicity, if I die from the effects of eating sawdust pudding, flavoured with needles, you'll be sorry you ever said such a thing to your poor old uncle, said Uncle Roger reproachfully.

L.M. Montgomery