Whiskery Quotes

#1. Could I - could I say good-bye to him, sir? asked Hagrid. He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss. Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a wounded dog.

J.K. Rowling

#2. I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.

Bear Grylls

#3. The tumults of time are oft passed by in records of the private memoirist; for our days consist not of the Senatorial speech and the refracted solar beam cast through heroic cloud, but rather of bread eaten, and ink blotted, and talk of the sermon, and walks along the whiskery avenues in the garden.

M T Anderson

#4. This wise old whiskery fish swims up to three young fish and goes, 'Morning, boys, how's the water?' and swims away; and the three young fish watch him swim away and look at each other and go, 'What the fuck is water?' and swim away.

David Foster Wallace

#5. Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

Benjamin Disraeli

#6. When I die, Dublin will be written on my heart.

James Joyce

#7. It doesn't feel that short if you're in it. It feels like a lifetime.

Rick Yancey

#8. Leadership is about movement and growth.

Mark Sanborn

#9. The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.

Nate Parker

#10. If you can put your five fingers throught it, it is a gate, if not a door.

James Joyce

#11. It's not about making money for themselves or the company, but making a difference in the lives of others.

Don Yaeger

#12. Expanding your notion of fun beyond a two-week vacation in Maui increases the chances you'll have more of it.

Karen Karbo

#13. Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.

Chris Van Allsburg

#14. It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.

Christopher Paolini

#15. I do think digital media encourages speed-reading, which can be fine if one is simply seeking information. But a serious novel or work of history or volume of poetry is an experience one should savor, take time over.

Michael Dirda