CJ Quinn Quotes
I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.
The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either.
sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.
You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer
She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.
Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.
... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.
Every time I scratch apathy, I find powerlessness beneath it. Humans care, they just don't know what to do about it.
James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?" Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.
I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays.
Financial planners who take commissions have a built-in conflict of interest...even with disclosure, my choice would be a Fee-Only planner.
It was heaven. Forget angels, forget St. Peter and glittering harpsichords. Heaven was a dance in the arms of one's true love.
The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again.
Twitter is one of those dangerous toys that if it gets in the hands of the wrong person you'll have the mind of a 12-year-old masquerading as an adult.
So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.
People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same.
I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.
In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means?" "You'll save me from marauding minotaurs?
And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role.
Many of the biggest and most far-reaching investments we make in our lives are investments that have little or nothing to do with money.
The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me.
I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.
Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.
If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.
I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.
When you ask someone how they are doing, do you really mean it? When you answer someone back how you are doing, are you really telling the truth?
As his hands moved to his trousers, he saw that she was pulling the bedsheets over her. "Don't," he said, barely recognizing his own voice. Her eyes met his, and he said, "I'll be your blanket".
He sucked his lips in an attempt not to laugh. "Aren't you Spanish?" She raised one arm in a salute. "Viva la Queen Isabella!" "I see. Then why are you speaking with a French accent?
And I loved Frank Lloyd Wright. I think he was the greatest man I have ever met in my life.
I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians.
To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world.
No one knows as well as I how much nonsense is printed in books.
All paths lie together in the hand of god like a web endlessly woven, and yours and mine are no greater or less than the beetle's or the squirrel's or the sparrow's. All are held together.
This has to be the most self-centered thing I've ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me.
Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.
I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.