Washinawatok Quotes

#1. The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#2. All the horror and blood and monsters and fear crystallized to a fine thin shard inside her, harder than diamonds. What was one more monster in the face of so many?

Christina Henry

#3. I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.

Al Pacino

#4. Democrats don't resent the rich on behalf of the poor. They resent the rich on behalf of the government.

Ann Coulter

#5. She was too wonderful a character to be allowed to die and I realize now that I should have allowed her to appear at hte end of my book. [Ray writes about the character Clarisse]

Ray Bradbury

#6. On the eighteenth of December 1972, when we thought we were getting another of the hundreds of little tactical air raids, we heard the bombs going in out there in the railroad yards and this went on for about thirty minutes.

James Stockdale

#7. Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and that with its removal depression, underachievement, and poor health can be alleviated.

Martin Seligman

#8. Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.

Knut Hamsun

#9. My idea of a holiday was following my family up the hill with my pekinese, who would skip over the heather in front of me.

Rupert Everett